[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2349-S2350]
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. 114, Kalpana Kotagal, of Ohio, to 
     be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
     for a term expiring July 1, 2027.
         Charles E. Schumer, Tina Smith, Tammy Baldwin, Alex 
           Padilla, Michael F. Bennet, Richard J. Durbin, 
           Christopher Murphy, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff Merkley, 
           Margaret Wood Hassan, Catherine Cortez Masto, Debbie 
           Stabenow, Jack Reed, Richard Blumenthal, Chris Van 
           Hollen, Tammy Duckworth, Peter Welch.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum 
call has been waived.

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  The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the 
nomination of Kalpana Kotagal, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2027, 
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.
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 183 Ex.]

                                YEAS--50

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

                                NAYS--50

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Braun
     Britt
     Budd
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Mullin
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Ricketts
     Risch
     Romney
     Rounds
     Rubio
     Schmitt
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Tuberville
     Vance
     Wicker
     Young
  (Mr. OSSOFF assumed the Chair.)
  The VICE PRESIDENT. On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 50. 
The Senate being equally divided, the Vice President votes in the 
affirmative.
  The motion is agreed to.
  The majority leader.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President and Madam Vice President, I want to note 
that this is a history-making moment for the United States Senate.
  Today, Vice President Kamala Harris matches the record for the most 
tie-breaking votes ever passed in the United States by a Vice 
President.
  The Constitution says that ``the Vice President Of The United States 
shall be the President of the Senate,'' and with that comes the immense 
burden of casting votes whenever this Chamber is evenly split.
  When it has mattered most, Vice President Harris has provided the 
decisive vote on some of the most historic bills of modern times, from 
the American Rescue Plan to the Inflation Reduction Act, to so many 
Federal judges who now preside and provide balance on the Federal 
bench. She has carried out her duties with supreme excellence, and 
today, all of us--all of us--thank her for making the work of the 
Senate possible.
  We also thank Vice President Harris for doing all this work despite 
all the other demands she faces as the Nation's Vice President, from 
leading the charge on protecting freedom of choice to speaking out on 
criminal justice reform and gun safety, to pushing for climate justice. 
Our Nation is stronger, fairer, and more prosperous because of the work 
of the Vice President.
  So, Madam Vice President, on this historic day, thank you. Thank you 
for your leadership and your service to this institution and to the 
United States of America.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. WELCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ossoff). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The Senator from Vermont.