[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 9 (Tuesday, February 10, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S541-S542]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                  VOTE

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate 
that debate on the nomination of David Satcher of Tennessee to be 
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, Medical Director of 
the Public Health Service, and Surgeon General of the Public Health 
Service shall be brought to a close?
  The yeas and nays are required. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 
is necessarily absent.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) is 
necessarily absent.
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 75, nays 23, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 8 Ex.]

                                YEAS--75

     Abraham
     Akaka
     Baucus
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Chafee
     Cleland
     Cochran
     Collins
     Conrad
     Coverdell
     Craig
     Daschle
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Frist
     Glenn
     Gorton
     Graham
     Grams
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Hollings
     Hutchison
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Lieberman
     Lott
     Mack
     McCain
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nickles
     Reed
     Reid
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Roth
     Sarbanes
     Smith (OR)
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Torricelli
     Wellstone
     Wyden

                                NAYS--23

     Allard
     Ashcroft
     Brownback
     Burns
     Campbell
     Coats
     D'Amato
     Enzi
     Faircloth
     Gramm
     Grassley
     Helms
     Hutchinson
     Inhofe
     Kempthorne
     Kyl
     Lugar
     McConnell
     Roberts
     Santorum
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (NH)

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Levin
     Warner
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 75, the nays are 
23. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in 
the affirmative, the motion is agreed to.
  Under the previous order the question is now on the nomination 
without further debate.
  Mr. JEFFORDS addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, have the yeas and nays been requested?

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. They have not.
  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                                  Vote

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the nomination of David Satcher to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, Medical Director of the Public Health 
Service, and Surgeon General of the Public Health Service? On this 
question the yeas and nays have been ordered.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 
is necessarily absent.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) is 
necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
who desire to vote?
  The result was announced, yeas 63, nays 35, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 9 Ex.]

                                YEAS--63

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Chafee
     Cleland
     Cochran
     Collins
     Conrad
     Coverdell
     Daschle
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Frist
     Glenn
     Gorton
     Graham
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Lieberman
     Mack
     McCain
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Reed
     Reid
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Roth
     Sarbanes
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Torricelli
     Wellstone
     Wyden

                                NAYS--35

     Abraham
     Allard
     Ashcroft
     Brownback
     Burns
     Campbell
     Coats
     Craig
     D'Amato
     DeWine
     Enzi
     Faircloth
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Helms
     Hutchinson
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Kempthorne
     Kyl
     Lott
     Lugar
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Roberts
     Santorum
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (NH)
     Smith (OR)
     Thomas

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Levin
     Warner
       
  The nomination was confirmed.
  Mr. HATCH. 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.

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