Feb. 24: Congressional Record publishes “Cloture Motion (Executive Session)” in the Senate section

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Volume 167, No. 35, covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 – 2022), was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“Cloture Motion (Executive Session)” mentioning Christopher A. Coons and Thomas R. Carper was published in the Senate section on page S844 on Feb. 24.

Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Senators’ salaries are historically higher than the median US income.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

Cloture Motion

Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.

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. 13, Cecilia Elena Rouse, of New Jersey, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.

Charles E. Schumer, Sherrod Brown, Tina Smith, Tammy

Baldwin, Thomas R. Carper, Sheldon Whitehouse, Patrick

J. Leahy, Brian Schatz, Christopher A. Coons, Jack

Reed, Michael F. Bennet, Debbie Stabenow, Chris Van

Hollen, Ron Wyden, Martin Heinrich, Bernard Sanders,

Edward J. Markey, Cory A. Booker.

Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call for the cloture motion be waived.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

The Senator from Wyoming.

Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to conclude my remarks before recessing.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 35



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