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On the recordJuly 16, 2013
I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 66, nays 34, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 174 Ex.] YEAS--66 Baldwin Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Boxer Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Coburn Collins Coons Corker Donnelly Durbin Feinstein Flake Franken Gillibrand Graham Hagan Harkin Hatch Heinrich Heitkamp Hirono Isakson Johnson (SD) Kaine King Klobuchar Landrieu Leahy Levin Manchin Markey McCain McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murphy Murray Nelson Portman Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schatz Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Warren Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--34 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Burr Chiesa Coats Cochran Cornyn Crapo Cruz Enzi Fischer Grassley Heller Hoeven Inhofe Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Lee McConnell Moran Paul Risch Roberts Rubio Scott Sessions Shelby Thune Toomey Vitter The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Warren). Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table, and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The majority leader is recognized. ____________________
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland
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Jul 16, 2013

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