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On the recordDecember 1, 2017
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 senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 43, nays 57, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 292 Leg.] YEAS--43 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Coons Cortez Masto Donnelly Duckworth Durbin Feinstein Franken Harris Hassan Heinrich Heitkamp Hirono Kaine King Klobuchar Leahy Manchin Markey McCaskill Menendez Murphy Murray Nelson Peters Reed Schatz Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall Van Hollen Warner Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--57 Alexander Barrasso Blunt Booker Boozman Burr Capito Cassidy Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Cotton Crapo Cruz Daines Enzi Ernst Fischer Flake Gardner Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Inhofe Isakson Johnson Kennedy Lankford Lee McCain McConnell Merkley Moran Murkowski Paul Perdue Portman Risch Roberts Rounds Rubio Sanders Sasse Scott Shelby Strange Sullivan Thune Tillis Toomey Warren Wicker Young The motion was rejected. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Boozman). The majority leader is recognized. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that there now be 30 minutes for debate only, with no amendments or motions in order, with the majority leader being recognized at the conclusion of that time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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