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Cloture Motion

The Senate held a vote on a cloture motion, which is a procedural vote to limit debate and move toward a final vote on the pending measure. The vote was 51 in favor and 43 against, with four Democratic senators absent: Gillibrand of New York, Kelly of Arizona, Peters of Michigan, and Welch of Vermont. No substantive arguments about the underlying measure are included in the sampled statements.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Richard J. Durbin

Democrat
“Four senators are absent and cannot vote.”
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I announce that the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Welch) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 43, as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Moreno). On this vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 43. The motion is agreed to. The motion was agreed to.

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