[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 203 (Wednesday, December 2, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7156]
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                             CLOTURE MOTION

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
call 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 Christopher Waller, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term 
     of fourteen years from February 1, 2016.
         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 Christopher Waller, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen 
years from February 1, 2016, 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 Georgia (Mrs. Loeffler) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. 
McSally).
   Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. 
Harris), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent.
   The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Tillis). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
   The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 45, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 247 Ex.]

                                YEAS--50

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

                                NAYS--45

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

                              NOT VOTING--5

     Harris
     Loeffler
     McSally
     Sanders
     Schat
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 
45.
  The motion is agreed to.
  The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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