[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 171 (Thursday, September 30, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6810]
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 bill 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 the debate on the 
     nomination of Executive Calendar No. 354, Rohit Chopra, of 
     the District of Columbia, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer 
     Financial Protection for a term of five years.
         Charles E. Schumer, Christopher Murphy, Martin Heinrich, 
           Edward J. Markey, Patty Murray, Tina Smith, Tammy 
           Baldwin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Brian Schatz, Tim Kaine, 
           Alex Padilla, Tammy Duckworth, Richard J. Durbin, 
           Richard Blumenthal, Jacky Rosen, Robert P. Casey, Jr., 
           Gary C. Peters.

  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 Rohit Chopra, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection for a term of five 
years, shall be brought to a close?
  The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 398 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 evenly divided, the Vice President votes in the 
affirmative.
  The motion is agreed to.
  The Senator from Delaware.
  Mr. CARPER. Madam President, before you leave, I want you to know 
that sitting next to me is Emily Spain from Santa Barbara, CA, where I 
think you might have been married, who is leaving today as my chief of 
staff.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. Welcome. Welcome. It is a beautiful place. I did 
get married in Santa Barbara.
  Mr. CARPER. You are wonderful for coming to preside today and helping 
us to send her off.
  Now, if there is an extra box of Kleenex up there for me to use for 
my remarks, I would appreciate it.
  Godspeed. Godspeed.
  Madam President--soon to be Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Van Hollen). The Senator from Delaware is 
recognized.