[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 218 (Friday, December 17, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9292-S9293]
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 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 nomination 
     of Executive Calendar No. 488, Shalina D. Kumar, of Michigan, 
     to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
     of Michigan.
         Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Patrick J. Leahy, 
           Mazie K. Hirono, Tammy Duckworth, Jon Tester, Patty 
           Murray, Debbie Stabenow, Amy Klobuchar, Mark R. Warner, 
           Catherine Cortez Masto, Cory A. Booker, Tammy Baldwin, 
           Elizabeth Warren, Bernard Sanders, 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 Shalina D. Kumar, of Michigan, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, shall be brought 
to a close?
  The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from 
West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Menendez), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff), the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), are 
necessarily absent.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. 
Blackburn), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator 
from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), 
the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines), the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst), the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), 
the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the 
Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
McConnell), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator 
from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), 
the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey).
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 45, nays 25, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 518 Ex.]

                                YEAS--45

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

                                NAYS--25

     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Cassidy
     Cotton
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Marshall
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--30

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Burr
     Capito
     Cornyn
     Cramer
     Daines
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Graham
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kaine
     Lummis
     Manchin
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Moran
     Ossoff
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rounds
     Sanders
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Toomey
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Murphy). On this vote, the yeas are 45, 
the nays are 25.
  The motion is agreed to.

[[Page S9293]]

                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The bill clerk read the nomination of Shalina D. Kumar, of Michigan, 
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Michigan.
  Mr. CARDIN. I yield back time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Kumar 
nomination?
  Mr. CARDIN. 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 bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from 
West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Menendez), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Ossoff), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the 
Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), are necessarily absent.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. 
Blackburn), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator 
from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), 
the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines), the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst), the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), 
the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the 
Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
McConnell), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator 
from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), 
and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey).


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page S9293, December 17, 2021, in the second column, the 
following appears: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the 
Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines)
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: the Senator from 
Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), 
the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines)


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 


  The result was announced--yeas 44, nays 25, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 519 Ex.]

                                YEAS--44

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

                                NAYS--25

     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Cassidy
     Cotton
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Marshall
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--31

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Burr
     Capito
     Cornyn
     Cramer
     Daines
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Graham
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kaine
     Lummis
     Manchin
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Moran
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rounds
     Sanders
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Toomey
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to 
reconsider will be considered made and laid upon the table, and the 
President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.

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