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“Vote on Gupta Nomination (Executive Session)” mentioning Charles E. Schumer was published in the Senate section on pages S2106-S2107 on April 21.
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Vote on Gupta Nomination
The PRESIDING OFFICER. All postcloture time is expired.
The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Gupta nomination?
Mr. DURBIN. 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 51, nays 49, as follows:
YEAS--51
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCoonsCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinGillibrandHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersReedRosenSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--49
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The nomination was confirmed
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Baldwin). The majority leader.
Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, first I just want to say, before I move on a motion to discharge, it is really so good to have Vanita Gupta now installed as Associate Attorney General. To have someone with such a background in civil rights at this time in American history is so important and so vital to the country.
I am so glad that the Senate has now approved her and she can do her vital job, including dealing with the systemic bias we have seen in policing and in law enforcement throughout the country. So it is very good news for the forces of equality and justice in the country.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask that the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate and that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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