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Richard J. Durbin was mentioned in Cloture Motion (Executive Session) on page S7353 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 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. 339, Jia M. Cobb, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.

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 Jia M. Cobb, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, shall be brought to a close?

The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rules.

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

The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 46, as follows:

YEAS--51

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NAYS--46

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NOT VOTING--3

FeinsteinRoundsWarner

The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 46.

The motion is agreed to.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 188

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