[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 30, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             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 senior 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, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination 
     of Ada E. Brown, of Texas, to be United States District Judge 
     for the Northern District of Texas.
         Mitch McConnell, John Boozman, John Cornyn, Mike Crapo, 
           Pat Roberts, Mike Rounds, Thom Tillis, Roger F. Wicker, 
           Cindy Hyde-Smith, Kevin Cramer, John Hoeven, Rob 
           Portman, Dan Sullivan, Chuck Grassley, Richard Burr, 
           John Thune, Roy Blunt.

  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 Ada E. Brown, of Texas, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Texas, shall be brought to a close?
  The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Isakson).
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), the 
Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), 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 79, nays 9, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 246 Ex.]

                                YEAS--79

     Alexander
     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Gardner
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Heinrich
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Jones
     Kennedy
     King
     Lankford
     Leahy
     Lee
     Manchin
     McConnell
     McSally
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Paul
     Perdue
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Risch
     Roberts
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rounds
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Smith
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Udall
     Van Hollen
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--9

     Blumenthal
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Hirono
     Murray
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Stabenow
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--12

     Bennet
     Booker
     Cassidy
     Gillibrand
     Harris
     Isakson
     Kaine
     Klobuchar
     Markey
     Sanders
     Warner
     Warren
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 79, the nays are 9.


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page S5180, July 30, 2019, second column, the following 
appears: NAYS--9 Blumenthal Brown Cantwell Hirono Murray Schatz 
Schumer Stabenow Wyden NOT VOTING--2 Bennet Booker Cassidy 
Gillibrand Harris Isakson Kaine Klobuchar Markey Sanders Warner 
Warren The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 79, the 
nays
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: NAYS--9 Blumenthal 
Brown Cantwell Hirono Murray Schatz Schumer Stabenow Wyden NOT 
VOTING--12 Bennet Booker Cassidy Gillibrand Harris Isakson Kaine 
Klobuchar Markey Sanders Warner Warren The PRESIDING OFFICER. On 
this vote, the yeas are 79, the nays


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  The motion is agreed to.

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