[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 217 (Sunday, December 20, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7860]
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 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 Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha, of 
California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District 
of California.
         Mitch McConnell, John Barrasso, David Perdue, Thom 
           Tillis, Tom Cotton, Mike Rounds, Roger F. Wicker, Kevin 
           Cramer, Richard Burr, Mike Crapo, Steve Daines, Marsha 
           Blackburn, John Thune, James E. Risch, Mike Braun, Tim 
           Scott.

  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 Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha, of California, to be United 
States District Judge for the Central District of California, shall be 
brought to a close?
  The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. 
Blackburn), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator 
from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from Georgia (Mrs. Loeffler), 
the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Perdue), 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 (Ms. Harris) 
is necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Scott of Florida). Are there any other 
Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 82, nays 7, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 283 Ex.]

                                YEAS--82

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Braun
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Gardner
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Jones
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Leahy
     Manchin
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Risch
     Roberts
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Udall
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                                NAYS--7

     Blumenthal
     Hawley
     Hirono
     Lee
     Markey
     Sanders
     Warren

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Alexander
     Blackburn
     Burr
     Cruz
     Enzi
     Fischer
     Harris
     Loeffler
     Paul
     Perdue
     Rounds
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 82, the nays are 7.
  The motion is agreed to.

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