[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 28, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1675-S1676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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   NOMINATION OF JOHN M. DUNCAN TO BE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF THE 
                                TREASURY

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
immediately proceed to executive session to consider the following 
nomination reported by the Finance Committee today: John M. Duncan to 
be Deputy Under Secretary of Treasury.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the Senate immediately proceed 
to a vote on the nomination and that, following the vote, the President 
be immediately notified of the Senate's action and the Senate then 
return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of John M. 
Duncan, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of 
the Treasury.

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  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays on the 
nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination 
of John M. Duncan to be Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury? The 
clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) 
and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln), and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) are 
necessarily absent.
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) would vote ``aye.''
  The result was announced--yeas 94, nays 0, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 14 Ex.]

                                YEAS--94

     Akaka
     Allard
     Allen
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Cantwell
     Carnahan
     Chafee
     Cleland
     Clinton
     Cochran
     Collins
     Conrad
     Corzine
     Craig
     Crapo
     Daschle
     Dayton
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Fitzgerald
     Frist
     Graham
     Gramm
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Helms
     Hollings
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Kennedy
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lott
     Lugar
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Miller
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Nickles
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (NH)
     Smith (OR)
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stabenow
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Torricelli
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Wellstone
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Carper
     Hagel
     Hutchinson
     Johnson
     Lincoln
     Nelson
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sessions). The President will be notified.

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