[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1577]
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 DIRECTING THE REMOVAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM HOSTILITIES 
   WITHIN OR AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN THAT HAVE NOT BEEN 
              AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS--Motion to Discharge

  Mr. MURPHY. Mr. President, pursuant to section 601(b) of the 
International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act, I move 
to discharge the Committee on Foreign Relations from further 
consideration of S.J. Res. 116, to direct the removal of the United 
States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic 
Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       Motion to discharge S.J. Res. 116, a joint resolution to 
     direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from 
     hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran 
     that have not been authorized by Congress.


                             Vote on Motion

  Mr. MURPHY. Mr. President, I know of no further debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate?
  Hearing none, the question is on agreeing to the motion to discharge.
  Mr. MURPHY. I would 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 senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  The result was announced--yeas 47, nays 53, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 69 Leg.]

                                YEAS--47

     Alsobrooks
     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt Rochester
     Booker
     Cantwell
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Gallego
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kim
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lujan
     Markey
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Paul
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schiff
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Slotkin
     Smith
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Welch
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--53

     Armstrong
     Banks
     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Britt
     Budd
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Curtis
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fetterman
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Husted
     Hyde-Smith
     Johnson
     Justice
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     McCormick
     Moody
     Moran
     Moreno
     Murkowski
     Ricketts
     Risch
     Rounds
     Schmitt
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Sheehy
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young
  The motion was rejected.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk for the 
motion to proceed to Calendar No. 311, H.R. 7147.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The 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 motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 311, H.R. 7147, a bill making further 
     consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
         John Thune, Bill Hagerty, Marsha Blackburn, Eric Schmitt, 
           James Lankford, Bernie Moreno, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Steve 
           Daines, Josh Hawley, Jim C. Justice, Shelley Moore 
           Capito, Kevin Cramer, Ashley Moody, Jim Banks, James E. 
           Risch, Tim Sheehy, Joni Ernst.

           

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