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Cloture Motion (Executive Session)

The Senate held a vote to end debate (cloture) during an executive session, which deals with nominations or treaties. The cloture motion passed 52 to 43, with four Democratic senators absent. No substantive arguments from the debate are included in the record sampled here.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Richard J. Durbin

Democrat

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“Four senators are absent. The vote passed with 52 in favor and 43 against.”
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I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Gallego), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 43, as follows: (Mr. CURTIS assumed the Chair.) (Mr. ARMSTRONG assumed the Chair.) The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Curtis). On this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 43. The motion is agreed to.

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