[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2010]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  Pursuant to rule IV, paragraph 2, the hour of 12 noon having arrived, 
the Senate having been in continuous session since yesterday, the 
Senate will suspend for a prayer from the Senate Chaplain.
  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  God of mercy and light, we are in Your hands, and we rejoice because 
of the power of Your presence. Do with us what seems good in Your 
sight.
  Lord, in the welter and variety of decisionmaking, with its 
alternating and fluctuating intricacies, give our lawmakers a deeper 
appreciation for a conscience void of offense toward You or humanity. 
Today, show mercy to the Members of this legislative body. Let Your 
sovereign hand be over them and Your Holy Spirit ever be with them, 
directing all their thoughts, words, and works for Your glory. Lord, 
prosper the labors of their hands, enabling them in due season to reap 
a bountiful harvest if they faint not.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. All postcloture time having expired, the 
question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the DeVos 
nomination?
  Mr. DURBIN. 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 senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 50, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 54 Ex.]

                                YEAS--50

     Alexander
     Barrasso
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Cochran
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Enzi
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Flake
     Gardner
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hatch
     Heller
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     McCain
     McConnell
     Moran
     Paul
     Perdue
     Portman
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rounds
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--50

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Donnelly
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Harris
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Hirono
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Peters
     Reed
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden
  The VICE PRESIDENT. On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 50.
  The Senate being equally divided, the Vice President votes in the 
affirmative, and the nomination is confirmed.
  The majority leader.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote on the 
confirmation.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on the motion to reconsider.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I move to table the motion to reconsider.
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the motion to 
table.
  The motion was agreed to.

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