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On the recordNovember 7, 2023
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott), and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). Further, if present and voting: the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) would have voted ``nay.'' The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 295 Ex.] YEAS--51 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Coons Cortez Masto Duckworth Durbin Fetterman Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Kaine Kelly King Klobuchar Lujan Manchin Markey Menendez Merkley Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Reed Rosen Sanders Schatz Schumer Shaheen Sinema Smith Stabenow Tester Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Welch Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--46 Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Braun Budd Capito Cassidy Collins Cornyn Cotton Cramer Crapo Cruz Daines Ernst Fischer Graham Grassley Hagerty Hawley Hoeven Hyde-Smith Johnson Kennedy Lankford Lee Lummis Marshall McConnell Moran Mullin Murkowski Paul Ricketts Risch Romney Rounds Rubio Schmitt Sullivan Thune Tillis Tuberville Vance Wicker Young NOT VOTING--3 Britt Scott (FL) Scott (SC) The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Welch). Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action. ____________________
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John Thune
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