[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 3, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3353-S3354]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CLOTURE MOTION
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
The assistant bill clerk read as follows:
Cloture Motion
We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the
provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate,
hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of
Sharon Y. Bowen, of New York, to be a Commissioner of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Harry Reid, Debbie Stabenow, Richard J. Durbin, Barbara
Boxer, Michael F. Bennet, Benjamin L. Cardin, Ron
Wyden, Joe Donnelly, Christopher A. Coons, Mark Begich,
Tim Kaine, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Sherrod Brown, Patrick
J. Leahy, Tom Harkin, Angus S. King, Jr., Amy
Klobuchar.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum
call has been waived.
The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that the nomination of
Sharon Y. Bowen, of New York, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2018, shall be
brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker),
the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), and the Senator from
Colorado (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr.
Cochran), and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Arkansas (Mr.
Boozman) would have voted ``nay.''
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 44, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 166 Ex.]
YEAS--50
Baldwin
Begich
Bennet
Blumenthal
Boxer
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Coons
Donnelly
Durbin
Feinstein
Franken
Gillibrand
Hagan
Harkin
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Hirono
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Johnson (SD)
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Levin
Manchin
Markey
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Mikulski
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Pryor
Reed
Reid
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall (NM)
Walsh
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden
NAYS--44
Alexander
Ayotte
Barrasso
Blunt
Burr
Chambliss
Coats
Coburn
Collins
Corker
Cornyn
Crapo
Cruz
Enzi
Fischer
Flake
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Heller
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johanns
Johnson (WI)
Kirk
Landrieu
McCain
McConnell
Moran
Murkowski
Paul
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rubio
Sanders
Scott
Sessions
Shelby
Thune
Toomey
Vitter
Wicker
NOT VOTING--6
Booker
Boozman
Cochran
Lee
Rockefeller
Udall (CO)
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote the yeas are 50, the nays are 44.
The motion is agreed to.
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