[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 20 (Monday, February 6, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S854-S855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
Quorum Call
Ms. WARREN. Mr. President, I appeal the ruling of the Chair, and I
suggest the absence of a quorum.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll and the following
Senators entered the Chamber and answered to their names:
[Quorum No. 3 Ex.]
Daines
Fischer
Hatch
Kennedy
Klobuchar
McConnell
Warren
The PRESIDING OFFICER. A quorum is not present.
The clerk will call the names of absent Senators.
The legislative clerk resumed the call of the roll and the following
Senator entered the Chamber and answered to his name:
[Quorum No. 3 Ex.]
Cornyn
The PRESIDING OFFICER. A quorum is not present.
The majority leader.
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to instruct the Sergeant at Arms
to request the attendance of absent Senators, and I ask for the yeas
and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
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There appears to be a sufficient second.
The question is on agreeing to the motion.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the
Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson),
and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions).
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper),
the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr.
Warner) are necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Rounds). Are there any other Senators in
the Chamber desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 88, nays 3, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 56 Ex.]
YEAS--88
Alexander
Baldwin
Barrasso
Bennet
Blumenthal
Blunt
Booker
Boozman
Brown
Burr
Cantwell
Capito
Cardin
Casey
Cassidy
Cochran
Collins
Corker
Cornyn
Cortez Masto
Cotton
Crapo
Daines
Donnelly
Duckworth
Durbin
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Flake
Franken
Gardner
Gillibrand
Graham
Grassley
Harris
Hassan
Hatch
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Heller
Hirono
Hoeven
Inhofe
Johnson
Kaine
Kennedy
King
Klobuchar
Lankford
Leahy
Lee
Manchin
Markey
McCain
McCaskill
McConnell
Menendez
Merkley
Moran
Murkowski
Murray
Nelson
Paul
Perdue
Peters
Portman
Reed
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Sasse
Schatz
Schumer
Scott
Shaheen
Shelby
Stabenow
Sullivan
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Udall
Van Hollen
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden
Young
NAYS--3
Rubio
Toomey
Wicker
NOT VOTING--9
Carper
Coons
Cruz
Feinstein
Isakson
Murphy
Sanders
Sessions
Warner
The motion was agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. A quorum is present.