[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 222 (Wednesday, December 30, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7982-S7983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  WILLIAM M. (MAC) THORNBERRY NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR 
                         FISCAL YEAR 2021--VETO

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       Veto message to H.R. 6395, to authorize appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
     purposes.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Shall the bill pass, the 
objections of the President of the United States to the contrary 
notwithstanding? The question is debatable.
  The majority leader is recognized.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The 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 veto message 
     on H.R. 6395, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2021 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
     purposes.
         Mitch McConnell, James M. Inhofe, Todd Young, John 
           Cornyn, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mike Braun, Deb Fischer, John 
           Barrasso, Roger F. Wicker, Richard

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           Burr, Pat Roberts, Shelley Moore Capito, Mitt Romney, 
           Susan M. Collins, Richard C. Shelby, Thom Tillis, Lamar 
           Alexander.

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