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Christopher A. Coons was mentioned in CLOTURE MOTION on pages S6479-S6480 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Sept. 14 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. 251, Veronica S. Rossman, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit.

Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Michael F. Bennet,

John Hickenlooper, Christopher A. Coons, Cory A.

Booker, Edward J. Markey, Elizabeth Warren, Alex

Padilla, Richard Blumenthal, Mazie K. Hirono, Chris Van

Hollen, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar, Patrick J.

Leahy, Debbie Stabenow, Martin Heinrich.

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 Veronica S. Rossman, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, 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 Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) is necessarily absent.

Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).

The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 44, as follows:

YEAS--51

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NAYS--44

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NOT VOTING--5

BraunCramerMurkowskiRoundsSchatz

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Peters). On this vote the yeas are 51, the nays are 44, and the motion is agreed to.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 158

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