Mazie K. Hirono and Brian Schatz were mentioned in CLOTURE MOTION on page S7414 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Oct. 27 in the Congressional Record.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
CLOTURE MOTION
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
Cloture Motion
We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 413, Elizabeth Prelogar, of Idaho, to be Solicitor General of the United States.
Charles E. Schumer, Patty Murray, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ben
Ray Lujan, Martin Heinrich, Cory A. Booker, Jack Reed,
Richard J. Durbin, Mazie K. Hirono, Christopher A.
Coons, Richard Blumenthal, Jacky Rosen, Kirsten E.
Gillibrand, Gary C. Peters, Chris Van Hollen, Robert P.
Casey, Jr., Michael F. Bennet.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived.
The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the nomination of Elizabeth Prelogar, of Idaho, to be Solicitor General of the United States, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) are necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
The yeas and nays resulted–yeas 53, nays 42, as follows:
YEAS–53
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCortez MastoCrapoDuckworthDurbinGillibrandGrahamHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersReedRischRosenSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterTillisVan HollenWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS–42
BarrassoBlackburnBluntBoozmanBraunBurrCassidyCornynCottonCramerDainesErnstFischerGrassleyHagertyHassanHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMarshallMcConnellMoranPaulPortmanRomneyRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbySullivanThuneToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
NOT VOTING–5
CapitoCruzFeinsteinRoundsWarner
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ossoff). The yeas are 53, the nays are 42.
The motion is agreed to.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 189
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