ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. tester, mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. tuberville, mr. van hollen, mr. vance, mr. warner, mr. warnock, ms. warren, mr. welch, mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young, >> waiting for the final vote count of the motion by senator jon kennedy the republican of louisiana to adjourn the impeachment trial for nearly two weeks until april 30 at noon. an effort to possibly prolong these proceedings. a motion by senator 10 ted cruz the republican to proceed to a close session to debate options today it was defeated just a few minutes ago. fifty-one -- 49 along party lines. we are waiting for the vote count here on this latest admonition by senator jonio kennedy live coverage here on cspan2. on this vote the yeas or 49 the nays a. >> is recognized. the senate swore an oath to do impartial justice according to the constitution and the laws of our country. we swore to discharge a duty that is quite different from our formal work as a court of impeachment we are called not to speak, not to debate but to listen. both to the case against the accused and to his

ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. sf sf coons, grassley, king, murray, smith and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- crapo, paul, scott of south carolina, and thune. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. budd, no. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. tuberville, no. ms. cortez-masto, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. mr. vance, aye. mr. vance, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk:

ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. the clerk: mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. the clerk: mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. the clerk: mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: any senator who was not in the senate chamber at the time the oath was administered to the other senators will make the fact known to the claire so the oat may be -- to the chair so the oath may be administered as soon as possible to the senator. the presiding officer: the sergeant at arms will make the proclamation. the sergeant at arms: hear ye! hear ye! hear ye! all persons are commanded to keep silent, on pain of imprisonment, while the house of -- while the senate of the united states is convenes as an edu court of impeachment to consider the articles of impeachment against alejandro nicholas mayorkas, secretary of homeland security. mr. schumer: madam president, in a moment i will ask for unanimous consent to allow for debate time, to allow for republicans to offer and

ms. stabenow, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. kelly, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. barasso, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. mr. lujan, aye. mr. schmitt, no. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. vance, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. markey, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. ms. hassan, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. b

ms. stabenow: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: before my friend from minnesota leaves the floor, i just want to thank her for her comments and say that all of us stand with baltimore. i can't imagine people playing politics with something like this that's such a tragedy that could happen and has happened to all of us in our states. this is what we're here to do is to work together to try to address and solve problems and help rebuild when that's necessary. mr. president, i rise today to strongly support the nomination of robert white who president biden nominated to serve as the u.s. district judge for the eastern district of michigan. senator peters and i were very honored to recommend him. we will be voting on him today. mr. white has spent his career upholding the rule of law and keeping our communities safe. since 2018 he has served as an assistant u.s. attorney in the u.s. attorney's office for the eastern district of michigan handling civil and criminal cases involving violent crime and health care fraud. and that h

ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. the clerk: mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. the clerk: mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, braun, cramer, daines, durbin, hawley, lummis, markey, marshall, murphy, murray, paul, sanders, tester, welch, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- bennet, blumenthal, britt, budd, cardin, carper, cassidy, crapo, ernst, fetterman, fischer, gillibrand, graham, grassley, hassan, heinrich, hickenlooper, hyde-smith, kaine, kelly, king, klobuchar, lankford, lujan, mullin, peters, reed, ricketts, risch, romney, rosen, rounds, rubio, schatz, schumer, scott of florida, sinema, smith, thune, warner, wicker, young. mr. merkley, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. mr. padilla, no. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. tillis, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. co

ms. stabenow: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: i will be brief. i represent the motor city, detroit. i represent the men and women who put america on wheels. and we are very, very proud of that. we continue to do that, and to innovate. they are not asking for the repeal of this rule. our american automobile companies are not asking and do not support it. the united auto workers, the men and women doing the innovations and building the vehicles of today and tomorrow, are not asking for this. they do not want this. you know what they want? they want certainty. economic certainty. they want stabilities. they have worked with the administration to craft an aprotest that is rigorous -- an approach that is rigorous but works for them to get to the next level. so, i'm not sure who this is for, what this is all about, but it's certainly not for the automobile industry and the millions of men and women who work for that industry that have created the middle class of this country. thank you. i yield back. mr. whitehouse: madam pres

ms. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. tester, mr. thune, mr. tillis, mr. turberville mr. vance mr. warnock, ms. warren, mr. welch, mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young, [roll call vote] >> what are the final results here on the boat to officially end the impeachment trial homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. the two articles filed against alejandro mayorkas sent over from the house were concluded to not rise to the level of impeachment under the constitution. and thus, this final vote on ending the impeachment trial. live coverage here on cspan2.

ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> senators voting whether to proceed to close session so they would be able to debate whether article two of the impeachment article against alejandro mayorkas rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. if you been watching along with us with a similar this would be a similar boat to the motion raised one senator ted cruz stood up regarding article one and senator chuck schumer's efforts to move that article one did not rise to the level of high crime and misdemeanor. these motions continued by republicans as they have moved to the second article of impeachment. that article, breach of public trust charges senator mayorkas told the u.s. and mexico border was secure amid a record search in migrants. this is the article being discussed right now and voted on. we will see what happens as we watch along, live coverage on c-span2. c-span2. >> on this vote the yays 59, the nays a

ms. stabenow, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. vote: the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. hagerty, no. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez-masto, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. king, aye. mr. brown, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. kennedy, no. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. reed, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. cotton, no. mr. barrasso, no. mr. bennet, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. crapo, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy you no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the cler

ms. stabenow, no. mr. merkley, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. mr. barrasso, aye. mr. risch, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. wyden, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: ms. cantwell, no. mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. ms. hassan, no. mr. marshall, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. ms. warren, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. k the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, no. the clerk: m

ms. smith. mrs. stabenow, mr. sullivan, mr. mr. tillis, mr. taber bill, mr. van hollen, mr. vance. mr. warner, mr. warnock, ms. warren, mr. welch. mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden, mr. young. majority leaders recognize. ask any senator is not in the senate chamber at the time the meoath was administered to the other senators will make the facts are known to the chairs of the oath may be administered as soon as possible to the tsenate -- mike to the senator. >> sgt at arms to make the proclamation. >> hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. all persons are commanded to keep silent under pain of imprisonment while the senate of the united states is convened as a court of impeachment to consider the articles of impeachment against alejandro mayorkas secretary of homeland security. >> madam president thomas majority leaders recognized by. >> at a moment i will ask unanimous consent to allow for skdebate time. to allow for republicans to offer and have votes on trial resolutions and allow for republicans to offer and have votes on points of order. so i ask unanimous consent senator lee be recognized

ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- cornyn, cramer, durbin, lankford, murray, padilla, schatz, schumer, smith, and stabenow. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, lee, and scott of florida. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. t the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. . . the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. vance, no. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. romney, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. 3 mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. wyden, aye. ms. cor

ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- boozman, capito, cassidy, lee, paul, ricketts, rubio. senators voting in the negative -- butler, cantwell, duckworth, durbin, gillibrand, kaine, manchin, markey, menendez, murray, sanders, schatz, smith, warner, wyden. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, no. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. mr. tester, no. the clerk: ms. warren, no. the clerk: mr. brown, no. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. mr. thune, aye. mr. barrasso, aye. mr. casey, no. mr. tillis, aye. mrs. britt, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. welch, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: ms. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, no. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. mr.

ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- butler, cantwell, cardin, crapo, duckworth, graham, grassley, manchin, markey, moran, murkowski, ossoff, ricketts, risch, shaheen, sinema, tester, warnock. senators voting in the negative -- marshall, tuberville. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. sullivan, no. mr. barasso, aye. the clerk: mr. rounds, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. wic

ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. the clerk: mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. the clerk: mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. the clerk: mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: any senator who was not in the senate chamber at the time the oath was administered to the other senators will make the fact known to the claire so the oat may be -- to the chair so the oath may be administered as soon as possible to the senator. the presiding officer: the sergeant at arms will make the proclamation. the sergeant at arms: hear ye! hear ye! hear ye! all persons are commanded to keep silent, on pain of imprisonment, while the house of -- while the senate of the united states is convenes as an edu court of impeachment to consider the articles of impeachment against alejandro nicholas mayorkas, secretary of homeland security. mr. schumer: madam president, in a moment i will ask for unanimous consent to allow for debate time, to allow for republicans to offer and

ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- cortez masto, durbin, hassan, heinrich, kaine, manchin, peters, rosen, sanders, schatz, sinema, stabenow, tillis, welch. senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, cotton, crapo, ernst, grassley, hagerty, kennedy, marshall, paul, scott of florida, scott of south carolina. the clerk: mr. schmitt no. ms. butler, aye. mr. young, no. mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. wicker, no. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. ms. baldwin, aye. ms. warren, aye. ms. hirono, aye. mr. coons, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. mr. rounds, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. daines, no. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. thune, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. lujan, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the cl

ms. stabenow. the clerk: mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, barrasso, blackburn, britt, butler, collins, coons, cotton, daines, durbin, ernst, gillibrand, hickenlooper, lujan, moran, mullin, murkowski, murray, padilla, rounds, sanders, schatz, scott of florida, stabenow, sullivan, tester, thune, tillis, warner, welch, whitehouse, and young. no senators voted in the negative. vote:# the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. ms. sinema, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. romney, aye. mr. graham, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. mr. mende

ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- britt, cornyn, crapo, daines, lee, mullin, sanders, schmitt, scott of south carolina, tillis, vance. senators voting in the negative -- cantwell, cardin, casey, heinrich, kaine, king, lujan, manchin, murray, padilla, reed, schatz, smith, stabenow. mr. durbin, no. mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. barrasso, aye. mr. whitehouse, no. mr. wyden, no. the clerk: ms. hassan, no. mr. ossoff, no. mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. mr. kelly, no. mr. graham, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mr. hickenlooper, no. mr. risch, aye. ms. baldwin, no. ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, no. mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the clerk: m

ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- bennet, blumenthal, boozman, carper, cassidy, collins, coons, cramer, duckworth, durbin, ernst, fischer, graham, grassley, hickenlooper, hirono, hoeven, hyde-smith, kennedy, klobuchar, lujan, manchin, mcconnell, mendendez, moran, murray, ossoff, peters, reed, rounds, schatz, schumer, shaheen, stabenow, sullivan, thune, tillis, van hollen, warnock, welch, whitehouse, and wicker. mr. daines voted in the negative. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. fetterman, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. lee, no. mr. booker, aye. mr. cotton, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. tester, aye. mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. mr. rubio, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, no.

ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, barrasso, braun, brown, cantwell, cruz, daines, durbin, hirono, hoeven, johnson, kennedy, lee, lujan, lummis, markey, marshall, mendendez, merkley, murphy, murray, paul, sanders, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, tester, tuberville, van hollen, warren, wyden. senators voting in the negative -- bennet, blumenthal, boozman, britt, budd, cardin, carper, casey, collins, cornyn, cotton, crapo, duckworth, ernst, fetterman, fischer, grassley, hassan, hyde-smith, king, klobuchar, lankford, mcconnell, moran, mullin, peters, reed, ricketts, risch, romney, rosen, rounds, rubio, schumer, shaheen, sinema, stabenow, tillis, warner, whitehouse, wicker, young. mr. ossoff, no. mr. hawley, aye. mr. schatz no. mr. hickenlooper, no. mr. kaine, aye. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. the clerk: mr.