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Cloture Motion (Executive Calendar)

The Senate held a cloture vote on a matter from the Executive Calendar, which is typically a presidential nomination. The motion to end debate and proceed to a vote was agreed to, 54 to 44, with two senators noted as necessarily absent. No substantive arguments for or against were recorded in the sampled statements.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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John Barrasso

Republican

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“The Senate voted 54 to 44 to approve the motion.”
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The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 54, nays 44, as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Moreno). On this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 44. The motion is agreed to. The motion was agreed to.

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