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Raphael G. Warnock was mentioned in CLOTURE MOTION on page S7447 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Oct. 28 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. 363, Toby J. Heytens, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit.

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 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 Toby J. Heytens, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, 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. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent.

Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Oklahoma

(Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville), and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young).

Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) would have noted ``nay.''

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?

The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 31, as follows:

YEAS--51

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NAYS--31

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NOT VOTING--18

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The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 51, and the nays are 31.

The motion is agreed to.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 190

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