[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 92 (Thursday, June 20, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6585-S6586]
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NOMINATION OF ALICE M. RIVLIN, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE A MEMBER AND VICE 
    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question now occurs on agreeing to the 
nomination of Alice M. Rivlin to be a member of the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System and the Vice Chairman of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, which the clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of the Alice M. Rivlin, of 
Pennsylvania, to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System and to be a Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System.
  The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination.
  Mr. D'AMATO. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? It appears to be 
sufficiently seconded.
  The yeas and nays are ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the nomination of Alice M. Rivlin to be a member of the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and to be a Vice 
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System? The 
yeas and nays have been ordered and the clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Grams] 
is necessarily absent.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Bumpers] is 
necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Kempthorne). Are there any other Senators 
in the Chamber who desire to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 57, nays 41, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 167 Ex.]

                                YEAS--57

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Bradley
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Byrd
     Chafee
     Conrad
     Daschle
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Exon
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Frist
     Glenn
     Graham
     Harkin
     Hatfield
     Heflin
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnston
     Kassebaum
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lugar
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Nunn
     Pell
     Pryor
     Reid
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Roth
     Sarbanes
     Simon
     Simpson
     Snowe
     Specter
     Wellstone
     Wyden

                                NAYS--41

     Abraham
     Ashcroft
     Bennett
     Bond
     Brown
     Burns
     Campbell
     Coats
     Cochran
     Cohen
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     DeWine
     Faircloth
     Frahm
     Gorton
     Gramm
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hatch
     Helms
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Kempthorne
     Kyl
     Lott
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Pressler
     Santorum
     Shelby
     Smith
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Warner

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Bumpers
     Grams
       
  The nomination was confirmed.
  Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which 
the nomination was confirmed.
  Mr. LOTT. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the President shall

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be immediately notified of the Senate's action.

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