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On the recordMarch 26, 2019
I am interested in the other 99 percent. 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 motion to proceed to Calendar No. 27, S.J. Res. 8, a joint resolution recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal. Mitch McConnell, David Perdue, John Boozman, Johnny Isakson, John Cornyn, Pat Roberts, Mike Crapo, Thom Tillis, Mike Rounds, Roger F. Wicker, John Thune, Richard Burr, Steve Daines, John Hoeven, John Barrasso, James E. Risch, Roy Blunt. 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 motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 8, a joint resolution recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal, shall be brought to a close? The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rules. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cassidy). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber who wish to vote or to change their vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 0, nays 57, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No.…
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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Mar 26, 2019

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