[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16618-16619]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CLOTURE MOTION

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There will now be 2 minutes of 
debate equally divided prior to the cloture vote on the Stivers 
nomination.
  Who yields time?
  Mr. McCONNELL. I yield back the time.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, all time is 
yielded back.
  Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending 
cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
  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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of 
     Gregory N. Stivers, of Kentucky, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Western District of Kentucky.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Christopher Murphy, 
           Christopher A. Coons, Dianne Feinstein, Richard J. 
           Durbin, Richard Blumenthal, Brian Schatz, Debbie 
           Stabenow, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff Merkley, Patty 
           Murray, Barbara Boxer, Edward J. Markey, Al Franken, 
           Tom Harkin, Sheldon Whitehouse.

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. By unanimous consent, the mandatory 
quorum call has been waived.
  The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the 
nomination of Gregory N. Stivers, of Kentucky, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 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. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. 
Landrieu), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) 
are necessarily absent.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. 
Cochran), and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz).
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Are there any other Senators in the 
Chamber desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 69, nays 24, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 309 Ex.]

                                YEAS--69

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Baldwin
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Boxer
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Collins
     Coons
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Flake
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Heinrich
     Hirono
     Isakson
     Johnson (SD)
     Kaine
     King
     Kirk
     Klobuchar
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Paul
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Toomey
     Udall (NM)
     Vitter
     Walsh
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--24

     Barrasso
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Enzi
     Fischer
     Grassley
     Heitkamp
     Heller
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Johanns
     Johnson (WI)
     Lee
     McCain
     Moran
     Portman
     Risch
     Scott
     Sessions
     Thune
     Wicker

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Coburn
     Cochran
     Cruz
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Rockefeller
     Udall (CO)
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. On this vote, the yeas are 69, the 
nays are 24.
  The motion is agreed to.


                             Change of Vote

  Ms. HEITKAMP. Mr. President, on rollcall vote No. 309, I voted 
``aye.'' It was my intention to vote ``nay.'' Therefore, I ask 
unanimous consent that I be permitted to change my vote since it will 
not affect the outcome of the vote.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  (The foregoing tally has been changed to reflect the above order.)

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