[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 208 (Monday, December 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S6020]
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                      Vote on O'Malley Nomination

  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the O'Malley 
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 legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Fetterman), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Hickenlooper), the Senator 
fromMaine (Mr. King), the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla), the 
Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. 
Warren), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Welch) 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 Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt), the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mr. Budd), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. 
Cassidy), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator 
from Montana (Mr. Daines).
  Further, if present and voting: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Budd) would have voted ``nay''.
  The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Iowa 
(Ms. Ernst), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from 
South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty), 
the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley), the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the 
Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis), the 
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran).
  Further, if present and voting: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Marshall) would have voted ``nay''.
  The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator 
from Utah (Mr. Romney), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the 
Senator from Missouri (Mr. Schmitt), the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Scott), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from 
Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville), and 
the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance).
  Further, if present and voting: the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance) 
would have voted ``nay'' and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) would 
have voted ``nay''.
  The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 11, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 347 Ex.]

                                YEAS--50

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Butler
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Gillibrand
     Grassley
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Klobuchar
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Reed
     Rosen
     Rounds
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Tillis
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--11

     Cotton
     Crapo
     Hoeven
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     McConnell
     Mullin
     Ricketts
     Thune
     Wicker
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--39

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Braun
     Britt
     Budd
     Cassidy
     Cornyn
     Cramer
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fetterman
     Fischer
     Graham
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hickenlooper
     Hyde-Smith
     Johnson
     King
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     Moran
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Risch
     Romney
     Rubio
     Schmitt
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Sullivan
     Tuberville
     Vance
     Warren
     Welch
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Heinrich). 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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