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CLOTURE MOTION

Richard J. Durbin

DIL · Senator

Foreign Policy

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On 2026-06-01, Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) delivered a floor speech titled "CLOTURE MOTION" in the Senate.

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CLOTURE MOTION

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 92 (Monday, June 1, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 92 (Monday, June 1, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S2467-S2468] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] 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 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. 736, Kathleen S. Lane, of Montana, to be United [[Page S2468]] States District Judge for the District of Montana. John Thune, Ted Budd, Thom Tillis, John Barrasso, Tim Sheehy, Joni Ernst, Jon A. Husted, Katie Boyd Britt, David McCormick, Mike Rounds, John Boozman, Bill Cassidy, Rick Scott of Florida, Josh Hawley, Cynthia M. Lummis, Kevin Cramer, Steve Daines. The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call under rule XXII has been waived. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the nomination of Kathleen S. Lane, of Montana, to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana, 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. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. McCormick), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent. The yeas and the nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 131 Leg.] YEAS--50 Armstrong Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins Cornyn Cotton Cramer Crapo Cruz Curtis Daines Ernst Fischer Graham Grassley Hagerty Hawley Hoeven Husted Hyde-Smith Johnson Justice Kennedy Lankford Lee Lummis Marshall McConnell Moody Moran Moreno Murkowski Paul Ricketts Risch Schmitt Scott (FL) Scott (SC) Sheehy Sullivan Thune Tuberville Wicker Young NAYS--44 Alsobrooks Baldwin Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Booker Cantwell Coons Cortez Masto Duckworth Durbin Gallego Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Kaine Kelly Kim King Klobuchar Lujan Markey Merkley Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Schiff Schumer Shaheen Slotkin Smith Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Welch Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--6 Bennet Fetterman McCormick Rounds Schatz Tillis The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ricketts). On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 44. The motion is agreed to. ____________________

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CLOTURE MOTION Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 92 (Monday, June 1, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 92 (Monday, June 1, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S2467-S2468] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] 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 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. 736, Kathleen S. Lane, of Montana, to be United [[Page S2468]] States District Judge for the District of Montana. John Thune, Ted Budd, Thom Tillis, John Barrasso, Tim Sheehy, Joni Ernst, Jon A. Husted, Katie Boyd Britt, David McCormick, Mike Rounds, John Boozman, Bill Cassidy, Rick Scott of Florida, Josh Hawley, Cynthia M. Lummis, Kevin Cramer, Steve Daines. The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call under rule XXII has been waived. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the nomination of Kathleen S. Lane, of Montana, to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana, 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. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. McCormick), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent. The yeas and the nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 131 Leg.] YEAS--50 Armstrong Banks Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins Cornyn Cotton Cramer Crapo Cruz Curtis Daines Ernst Fischer Graham Grassley Hagerty Hawley Hoeven Husted Hyde-Smith Johnson Justice Kennedy Lankford Lee Lummis Marshall McConnell Moody Moran Moreno Murkowski Paul Ricketts Risch Schmitt Scott (FL) Scott (SC) Sheehy Sullivan Thune Tuberville Wicker Young NAYS--44 Alsobrooks Baldwin Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Booker Cantwell Coons Cortez Masto Duckworth Durbin Gallego Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Kaine Kelly Kim King Klobuchar Lujan Markey Merkley Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Schiff Schumer Shaheen Slotkin Smith Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Welch Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--6 Bennet Fetterman McCormick Rounds Schatz Tillis The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ricketts). On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 44. The motion is agreed to. ____________________