[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 195 (Tuesday, November 17, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7023]
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                             CLOTURE MOTION

  Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
mandatory quorum call with respect to the Shelton nomination be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending 
cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
  The senior 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, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination 
     of Judy Shelton, of California, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired 
     term of fourteen years from February 1, 2010.
         Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Marsha Blackburn, Joni 
           Ernst, Pat Roberts, John Cornyn, Lindsey Graham, Deb 
           Fischer, Tim Scott, Lamar Alexander, Kevin Cramer, Mike 
           Braun, John Hoeven, Mike Crapo, Michael B. Enzi, John 
           Boozman, Thom Tillis.

  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 Judy Shelton, of California, to be a Member of the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of 
fourteen years from February 1, 2010, shall be brought to a close?
  The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), 
and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. 
Alexander) would have voted ``nay,'' the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Scott) would have voted ``yea,'' and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) would have voted ``yea.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Blackburn). Are there any other Senators 
in the Chamber desiring to vote?

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 233 Ex.]

                                YEAS--47

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

                                NAYS--50

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

                             NOT VOTING--3

     Alexander
     Grassley
     Scott (FL
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 47, the nays are 
50, and the motion is not agreed to.
  The motion was rejected.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.


                          Motion to Reconsider

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I enter a motion to reconsider the 
vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion is entered.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
mandatory quorum call with respect to the Crouse nomination be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.

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