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Richard J. Durbin and Tammy Duckworth were mentioned in CLOTURE MOTION on page S7355 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Oct. 26 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 bill 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. 366, Sarala Vidya Nagala, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut.

Charles E. Schumer, Ben Ray Lujan, Richard J. Durbin,

Christopher A. Coons, Elizabeth Warren, John

Hickenlooper, Jacky Rosen, Brian Schatz, Tammy Baldwin,

Patrick J. Leahy, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Richard

Blumenthal, Benjamin L. Cardin, Catherine Cortez Masto,

Cory A. Booker, Raphael G. Warnock, Alex Padilla.

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 Sarala Vidya Nagala, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, 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) is necessarily absent.

Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).

The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows:

YEAS--52

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NAYS--46

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NOT VOTING--2

FeinsteinRounds

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas are 52, the nays are 46.

The motion is agreed to.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 188

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