[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 191 (Monday, November 1, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7535]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE SESSION

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 JOHN R. LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT OF 2021--Motion to Proceed

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I move to proceed to legislative 
session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 143, 
S. 4.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 143, S. 4, a bill to 
     amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria 
     for determining which States and political subdivisions are 
     subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam 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 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 motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 143, S. 4, a bill to amend the Voting 
     Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining 
     which States and political subdivisions are subject to 
     section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.
         Charles E. Schumer, Patrick J. Leahy, Sheldon Whitehouse, 
           Thomas R. Carper, Richard J. Durbin, Catherine Cortez 
           Masto, Margaret Wood Hassan, Raphael G. Warnock, Gary 
           C. Peters, Patty Murray, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Jacky 
           Rosen, Elizabeth Warren, Benjamin L. Cardin, Tina 
           Smith, Alex Padilla, Amy Klobuchar

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
mandatory quorum call for the cloture motion filed today, November 1, 
be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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