Mazie K. Hirono and Brian Schatz were mentioned in CLOTURE MOTION on pages S9292-S9293 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Dec. 17 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. 488, Shalina D. Kumar, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Patrick J. Leahy,
Mazie K. Hirono, Tammy Duckworth, Jon Tester, Patty
Murray, Debbie Stabenow, Amy Klobuchar, Mark R. Warner,
Catherine Cortez Masto, Cory A. Booker, Tammy Baldwin,
Elizabeth Warren, Bernard Sanders, Gary C. Peters.
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 Shalina D. Kumar, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), are necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Daines), the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey).
The yeas and nays resulted–yeas 45, nays 25, as follows:
YEAS–45
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinGillibrandHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanMarkeyMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayPadillaPetersReedRosenSchatzSchumerShaheenSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS–25
BluntBoozmanBraunCassidyCottonCrapoCruzGrassleyHagertyHawleyHoevenKennedyLankfordLeeMarshallRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)SullivanThuneTillisTubervilleWickerYoung
NOT VOTING–30
BarrassoBlackburnBurrCapitoCornynCramerDainesErnstFeinsteinFischerGrahamHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKaineLummisManchinMcConnellMenendezMoranOssoffPaulPortmanRischRomneyRoundsSandersShelbySinemaToomey
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Murphy). On this vote, the yeas are 45, the nays are 25.
The motion is agreed to.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 218
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