[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 216 (Saturday, December 19, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7845-S7846]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                           Order of Business

  Mr. TOOMEY. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that 
notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXII, the postcloture time with 
respect to the Harwell nomination expire at 6 p.m. today and that the 
Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination; I further ask that the 
cloture motion with respect to the Noland nomination ripen at 1:30 p.m. 
tomorrow; finally, that if either nomination is confirmed, the motions 
to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the 
President be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. TOOMEY. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Ms. MURKOWSKI. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
order for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, all postcloture time 
has expired.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Harwell 
nomination?
  Ms. MURKOWSKI. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), 
the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cruz), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from 
Georgia (Mrs. Loeffler), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), 
the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), and the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Rounds).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. 
Alexander) would have voted ``yea.''
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein), the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), and the Senator 
from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lankford). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 59, nays 25, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 280 Ex.]

                                YEAS--59

     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Braun
     Brown
     Capito
     Carper
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Daines
     Durbin
     Gardner
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Jones
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Lankford
     Leahy
     Lee
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Peters
     Reed
     Roberts
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)

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     Shelby
     Sinema
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Warner
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--25

     Baldwin
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Casey
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Gillibrand
     Heinrich
     Hirono
     Klobuchar
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Udall
     Van Hollen
     Warren
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--16

     Alexander
     Blunt
     Burr
     Cruz
     Enzi
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Harris
     Loeffler
     Manchin
     Paul
     Perdue
     Portman
     Risch
     Rounds
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to 
reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The President 
will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
  The Senator from Colorado.
  Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that with respect 
to the Dietz nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made 
and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of 
the Senate's action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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