[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 3, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S3360]
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                             CLOTURE MOTION

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before 
the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
  The assistant legislative 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 
     Tanya S. Chutkan, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
     States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Al Franken, Barbara Boxer, 
           Christopher A. Coons, Richard J. Durbin, Sherrod Brown, 
           Richard Blumenthal, Carl Levin, Bill Nelson, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Elizabeth Warren, 
           Sheldon Whitehouse, Mazie K. Hirono, Tom Harkin, Tom 
           Udall.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is now 2 minutes of debate equally 
divided.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I yield back the time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that following the 
cloture vote on Calendar No. 733, Chutkan, the Senate proceed to 
consideration of Calendar Nos. 752, 753, and 754, and the Senate 
proceed to vote on confirmation of the nominations in the order listed; 
further, that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made 
and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate; that no 
further motions be in order to the nomination; that any statements 
related to the nomination be printed in the Record; that the President 
be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, we hope and expect these three nominations 
to be confirmed by voice. So we expect the next rollcall vote to be the 
final rollcall vote of the day, and that should start in just a few 
seconds. The next series of rollcall votes will occur tomorrow morning 
at about 11 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum 
call has been waived.
  The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the 
nomination of Tanya S. Chutkan, of the District of Columbia, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, shall be 
brought to a close?
  The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), 
the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), 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).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 54, nays 40, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 170 Ex.]

                                YEAS--54

     Baldwin
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Boxer
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Hirono
     Johnson (SD)
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall (NM)
     Walsh
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--40

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Barrasso
     Blunt
     Burr
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Coburn
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Enzi
     Fischer
     Flake
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hatch
     Heller
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (WI)
     Kirk
     McCain
     McConnell
     Moran
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rubio
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Thune
     Toomey
     Vitter
     Wicker

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Booker
     Boozman
     Cochran
     Landrieu
     Lee
     Udall (CO)
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote the yeas are 54, the nays are 40. 
The motion is agreed to.

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