[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 159 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4808]
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                       Vote on McGrath Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, 
Will the Senate advise and consent to the McGrath nomination?
  Mr. SCHATZ. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), 
the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Smith), and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) are necessarily 
absent.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. 
Cassidy), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), and the 
Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott).
  Further, if present and voting: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Marshall) would have voted ``nay.''
  The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 37, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 245 Ex.]

                                YEAS--52

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Fetterman
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Rounds
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Tester
     Tillis
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Welch
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--37

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Braun
     Britt
     Budd
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     McConnell
     Moran
     Mullin
     Paul
     Ricketts
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Schmitt
     Scott (FL)
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tuberville
     Vance
     Wicker
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Capito
     Cassidy
     Cramer
     Daines
     Kaine
     Marshall
     Sanders
     Scott (SC)
     Smith
     Stabenow
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Kelly). Under the previous order, the 
motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and 
the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.

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