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Cloture Motion (Executive Session)

The Senate held a vote on a cloture motion during an executive session, a procedural step to limit further debate and move to a final vote. No substantive arguments were sampled from the discussion; the recorded result was 49 yeas to 47 nays, with four Republican senators absent, so the motion passed.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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John Barrasso

Republican

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“Four senators are absent. The vote was 49 to 47, so the motion passes.”
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The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 49, nays 47, as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Moreno). On this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 47. The motion is agreed to. The motion was agreed to.

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