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CLOTURE MOTION

John Barrasso

RWY · Senator

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On 2026-06-10, Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered a floor speech titled "CLOTURE MOTION" in the Senate.

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CLOTURE MOTION

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 98 (Wednesday, June 10, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 10, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2714] 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 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. 765, Brock Dahl, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State. John Thune, Ted Budd, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Chuck Grassley, Katie Boyd Britt, Roger Marshall, John Boozman, John Cornyn, Tim Sheehy, Rick Scott of Florida, Mike Rounds, Tommy Tuberville, Bernie Moreno, Tim Scott of South Carolina, John Barrasso, Steve Daines, Shelley Moore Capito. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, 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 Brock Dahl, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State, shall be brought to a close? The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). Further, if present and voting: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) would have voted ``yea.'' Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 169 Ex.] YEAS--51 Armstrong Banks Barrasso Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins Cornyn Cotton Cramer Crapo Cruz Curtis Daines Ernst Fischer Grassley Hagerty Hawley Hoeven Husted Hyde-Smith Johnson Justice Kennedy Lankford Lee Lummis Marshall McConnell McCormick Moody Moran Moreno Murkowski Paul Ricketts Risch Rounds Schmitt Scott (FL) Scott (SC) Shaheen Sheehy Sullivan Thune Tuberville Wicker Young NAYS--44 Alsobrooks Baldwin Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Booker Cantwell Coons Cortez Masto Duckworth Durbin Fetterman Gallego Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Kaine Kelly Kim King Klobuchar Lujan Markey Merkley Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Schatz Schiff Schumer Slotkin Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Welch Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--5 Bennet Blackburn Graham Smith Tillis The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Moreno). On this vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 44. The motion is agreed to. The motion was agreed to. ____________________

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CLOTURE MOTION Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 98 (Wednesday, June 10, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 10, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2714] 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 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. 765, Brock Dahl, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State. John Thune, Ted Budd, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Chuck Grassley, Katie Boyd Britt, Roger Marshall, John Boozman, John Cornyn, Tim Sheehy, Rick Scott of Florida, Mike Rounds, Tommy Tuberville, Bernie Moreno, Tim Scott of South Carolina, John Barrasso, Steve Daines, Shelley Moore Capito. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, 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 Brock Dahl, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State, shall be brought to a close? The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). Further, if present and voting: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) would have voted ``yea.'' Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 169 Ex.] YEAS--51 Armstrong Banks Barrasso Boozman Britt Budd Capito Cassidy Collins Cornyn Cotton Cramer Crapo Cruz Curtis Daines Ernst Fischer Grassley Hagerty Hawley Hoeven Husted Hyde-Smith Johnson Justice Kennedy Lankford Lee Lummis Marshall McConnell McCormick Moody Moran Moreno Murkowski Paul Ricketts Risch Rounds Schmitt Scott (FL) Scott (SC) Shaheen Sheehy Sullivan Thune Tuberville Wicker Young NAYS--44 Alsobrooks Baldwin Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Booker Cantwell Coons Cortez Masto Duckworth Durbin Fetterman Gallego Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Kaine Kelly Kim King Klobuchar Lujan Markey Merkley Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Schatz Schiff Schumer Slotkin Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Welch Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--5 Bennet Blackburn Graham Smith Tillis The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Moreno). On this vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 44. The motion is agreed to. The motion was agreed to. ____________________