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“Vote on the Power Nomination (Executive Session)” mentioning Richard J. Durbin was published in the Senate section on page S2282 on April 28.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
Vote on the Power Nomination
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, all postcloture time has expired.
The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Power nomination?
Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) is necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Shelby), and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey).
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hickenlooper). Are there any Senators in the Chamber wishing to vote or change his or her vote?
The result was announced--yeas 68, nays 26, as follows:
YEAS--68
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBluntBookerBrownBurrCapitoCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCornynCortez MastoCrapoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinFischerGillibrandGrahamHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoInhofeJohnsonKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMcConnellMenendezMerkleyMoranMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersPortmanReedRischRomneyRosenSandersSasseSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWickerWydenYoung
NAYS--26
BarrassoBlackburnBoozmanBraunCassidyCottonCruzDainesErnstGrassleyHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMarshallRubioScott (FL)Scott (SC)SullivanThuneTillisTuberville
NOT VOTING--6
CantwellCramerPaulRoundsShelbyToomey
The nomination was confirmed.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
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