[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 188 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7362]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                        Vote on Giles Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, 
Will the Senate advise and consent to the Giles nomination?
  Mr. LEAHY. 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 bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), and the 
Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Texas (Mr. Cruz) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) 
would have voted ``nay.''
  The result was announced--yeas 68, nays 27, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 434 Ex.]

                                YEAS--68

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Fischer
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Hyde-Smith
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lee
     Lujan
     Markey
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Romney
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                                NAYS--27

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Braun
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Daines
     Ernst
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Lankford
     Lummis
     Marshall
     Moran
     Risch
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tuberville

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Cruz
     Feinstein
     Manchin
     Rounds
     Sinema
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Hassan). The yeas are 68, the nays are 27.
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motions to 
reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table and the 
President will be immediately notified of the Senate's actions.
  The majority leader.

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