[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 113 (Monday, July 8, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S4689]
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                             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, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination 
     of Daniel Aaron Bress, of California, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
         Mitch McConnell, Thom Tillis, Richard Burr, Richard C. 
           Shelby, Shelley Moore Capito, Roger F. Wicker, Johnny 
           Isakson, David Perdue, Tom Cotton, John Thune, Steve 
           Daines, John Boozman, John Cornyn, Mike Crapo, Pat 
           Roberts, John Hoeven, John Barrasso.

  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 debate on the 
nomination of Daniel Aaron Bress, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, shall be brought to a close?
  The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), and 
the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) 
would have voted ``yea'' and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Tillis) would have voted ``yea''.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), 
the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 42, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 190 Ex.]

                                YEAS--50

     Alexander
     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Enzi
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Gardner
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     McConnell
     McSally
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Perdue
     Portman
     Risch
     Roberts
     Romney
     Rounds
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Toomey
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--42

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hirono
     Jones
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Cassidy
     Gillibrand
     Harris
     Leahy
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Tillis
     Warren
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 
42.
  The motion is agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii is recognized.
  Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in 
morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. SCHATZ. I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak for up 
to 10 minutes, followed by Senators Whitehouse and Heinrich for 10 
minutes each.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I yield the floor to the majority leader.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized.

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