[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 22, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S4671]
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                        Vote on Ahuja Nomination

  Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote scheduled to 
occur at 2:30 would occur immediately.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Ahuja 
nomination?
  Mr. PETERS. 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.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  (Mr. KELLY assumed the Chair.)
  (Mr. MURPHY assumed the Chair.)
  The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 245 Ex.]

                                YEAS--50

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

                                NAYS--50

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rounds
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young
  The VICE PRESIDENT. On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 50. 
The Senate being equally and evenly divided, the Vice President votes 
in the affirmative, and the nomination is confirmed.
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Under the previous order, the motion to 
reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the 
President will immediately be notified of the Senate's action.

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