[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 22, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S4672]
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CLOTURE MOTION
The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is now 2 minutes of debate equally
divided prior to the vote.
The Senator from Florida.
Mr. NELSON. This is Judge Robin Rosenberg who comes through this
nonpartisan judicial nominating process Senator Rubio and I have set
up. Senator Rubio and I certainly commend her for our Members'
favorable consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time is yielded back.
Cloture Motion
Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending
cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
The 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
Robin L. Rosenberg, of Florida, to be United States District
Judge for the Southern District of Florida.
Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Jack Reed, Tim Kaine, Angus
S. King, Jr., Thomas R. Carper, Bill Nelson, Jon
Tester, Patty Murray, Claire McCaskill, Benjamin L.
Cardin, Mark Begich, Sheldon Whitehouse, Elizabeth
Warren, Debbie Stabenow, Tom Harkin, Tom Udall.
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 Robin L. Rosenberg, of Florida, to be United States
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, shall be brought
to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The assistant legislative clerk called the
roll.
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 58, nays 42, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 235 Ex.]
YEAS--58
Baldwin
Begich
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Boxer
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Collins
Coons
Donnelly
Durbin
Feinstein
Franken
Gillibrand
Hagan
Harkin
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Hirono
Johnson (SD)
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Landrieu
Leahy
Levin
Manchin
Markey
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Mikulski
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Pryor
Reed
Reid
Rockefeller
Rubio
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Walsh
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden
NAYS--42
Alexander
Ayotte
Barrasso
Blunt
Boozman
Burr
Chambliss
Coats
Coburn
Cochran
Corker
Cornyn
Crapo
Cruz
Enzi
Fischer
Flake
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Heller
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johanns
Johnson (WI)
Kirk
Lee
McCain
McConnell
Moran
Paul
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Scott
Sessions
Shelby
Thune
Toomey
Vitter
Wicker
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Heinrich). On this vote the yeas are 58,
the nays are 42. The motion is agreed to.
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