[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S85]
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                   Vote on Nomination of Ann L. Aiken

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, 
Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Ann L. Aiken, 
of Oregon, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Oregon? On this question, 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 North Carolina [Mr. 
Faircloth] is necessarily absent.
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from 
North Carolina [Mr. Faircloth] would vote ``no.''
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Illinois [Mrs. Durbin] and 
the Senator from Illinois [Ms. Moseley-Braun] are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced-- yeas 67, nays 30, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 1 Ex.]

                                YEAS--67

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Cleland
     Coats
     Cochran
     Collins
     Conrad
     Daschle
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Glenn
     Gorton
     Graham
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kempthorne
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lugar
     Mack
     Mikulski
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Reed
     Reid
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Roth
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (OR)
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Torricelli
     Wellstone
     Wyden

                                NAYS--30

     Abraham
     Allard
     Ashcroft
     Bond
     Brownback
     Burns
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     Enzi
     Frist
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Helms
     Hutchinson
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Kyl
     Lott
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Roberts
     Smith (NH)
     Snowe
     Warner

                             NOT VOTING--3

     Durbin
     Faircloth
     Moseley-Braun
  The nomination was confirmed.
  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. SMITH. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.