[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 173 (Thursday, November 21, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6707-S6708]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                        Vote on Desai Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, 
Will the Senate advise and consent to the Desai nomination?
  Ms. SINEMA. 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) is necessarily absent.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the

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Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), and the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Vance).
  Further, if present and voting: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Marshall) would have voted ``nay.''
  The result was announced--yeas 82, nays 12, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 303 Ex.]

                                YEAS--82

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Boozman
     Britt
     Brown
     Butler
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Fischer
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Helmy
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Johnson
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Markey
     McConnell
     Merkley
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Reed
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rounds
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Tuberville
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Welch
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                                NAYS--12

     Braun
     Budd
     Cotton
     Cruz
     Ernst
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Lee
     Mullin
     Ricketts
     Schmitt

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Blackburn
     Fetterman
     Marshall
     Moran
     Rubio
     Vance
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Butler). 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.
  The Senator from New Hampshire.