Here's the moment, for any fellow parlipro geeks, on the last page of this edition of the Congressional Record.
The unanimous consent requirement to vote on a nominee was bypassed with a vote of 52 to 48, overcoming the objections of 43 senators.
Of course they can't suspend the normal procedures using the normal procedures. But they always have this option available, and they indulge Tuberville by not calling him on the mat.
"Under the precedent set by the Senate today, November 21, 2013, the threshold for cloture on nominations, not including those to the Supreme Court of the United States, is now a majority. That is the ruling of the Chair."
https://www.congress.gov/113/crec/2013/11/21/CREC-2013-11-21-pt1-PgS8413-5.pdf
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