[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 128 (Wednesday, August 5, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4464-S4465]
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:

[[Page S4465]]

  



                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate 
     and the provisions of S. Res. 817 (119th Congress), do hereby 
     move to bring to a close debate on Executive Calendar Nos.: 
     729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 739, 740, 746, 747, 748, 749, 
     757, 759, 761, 762, 764, 766, 781, 782, 820, 821, 822, 823, 
     824, 826, 832, 834, 835, 836, 837, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 
     845, 846, 847, 848, 849, 850, 853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 858, 
     859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 
     871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 899, 900, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 
     908, 909 en bloc.


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page S4465, August 5, 2026, first column, the following 
appears: We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate and 
the provisions of S. Res. 817 (119th Congress), do hereby move to 
bring to a close debate on Executive Calendar Nos.: 729, 730, 731, 
732, 733, 734, 739, 740, 746, 747, 748, 749, 757, 759, 761, 762, 
764, 766, 781, 782, 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 826, 832, 834, 835, 
836, 837, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846, 847, 848, 849, 850, 
853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 
866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 899, 900, 903, 
904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 989 en bloc.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read:We, the undersigned 
Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate and the provisions of S. Res. 817 
(119th Congress), do hereby move to bring to a close debate on 
Executive Calendar Nos.: 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 739, 740, 
746, 747, 748, 749, 757, 759, 761, 762, 764, 766, 781, 782, 820, 
821, 822, 823, 824, 826, 832, 834, 835, 836, 837, 840, 841, 842, 
843, 844, 845, 846, 847, 848, 849, 850, 853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 
858, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 
871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 899, 900, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 
909 en bloc.


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 


         John Thune, John Cornyn, Chuck Grassley, Tim Sheehy, John 
           Barrasso, Mike Crapo, John Boozman, Tim Scott of South 
           Carolina, Pete Ricketts, Tommy Tuberville, Alan 
           Armstrong, Joni Ernst, Eric Schmitt, Bernie Moreno, 
           Roger F. Wicker, Mike Rounds, John R. Curtis.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the mandatory quorum 
call under rule XXII has been waived.
  The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the en 
bloc nominations, provided for under the provisions of S. Res. 817, 
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.
  Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the 
Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mrs. Hyde-Smith), and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell).
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Gallego), 
the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), and the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Warnock) are necessarily absent.
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 44, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 221 Ex.]

                                YEAS--50

     Armstrong
     Banks
     Barrasso
     Boozman
     Britt
     Budd
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Curtis
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Husted
     Johnson
     Justice
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McCormick
     Moody
     Moran
     Moreno
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Ricketts
     Risch
     Rounds
     Schmitt
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Sheehy
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--44

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

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Blackburn
     Gallego
     Hyde-Smith
     Klobuchar
     McConnell
     Warnock
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Schmitt). On this vote, the yeas are 50, 
the nays are 44. The motion is agreed to.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Cloture having been invoked pursuant to the 
provisions of S. Res. 817, the nominations listed therein are pending 
en bloc.
  The Senator from Kansas.