[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 140 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11884-S11885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate now 
confirms Executive Calendar Nos. 803, 804, 808, en bloc.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                             the judiciary

       H. Dean Buttram, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.
       Inge Prytz Johnson, of Alabama, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.
       Robert Bruce King, of West Virginia, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I would like to address the Senate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia cannot be heard. 
Please come to order.
  The Senator from Virginia.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I see our distinguished colleague from 
West Virginia has risen.
  May I retain the floor?
  Mr. BYRD. Absolutely. Parliamentary inquiry.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, has the motion been made to reconsider the 
vote by which the nominees were confirmed?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. By the agreement, that has been laid on the 
table and the President is to be immediately notified of the Senate's 
action.
  Mr. BYRD. Very well, has the Senate returned to legislative session?

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. It has not.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I wish to address the Senate.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, somebody should ask the Senate return to 
legislative session.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I wish to accommodate the Senate. I 
understand that there is a need to move to something very quickly to 
the House of Representatives. Am I correct? If so, I would be happy to 
yield the floor, with the understanding at the conclusion of that I 
could regain recognition.
  Mr. BYRD. Is this a legislative matter or an executive matter?

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