[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 24, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4877-S4880]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      Complimenting Senator Casey

  In conclusion, may I note how much I appreciate the Presiding 
Officer, the other Senator from Pennsylvania. I do not call him the 
junior Senator from Pennsylvania, although he has been here a lesser 
period of time than I have. I think the difference is 26 years and 3 
months to 3\1/2\ months. But Senator Casey has already made a 
distinguished mark on the Senate.
  I think it not inappropriate to note for the record that he and I 
meet on a weekly basis and have held joint hearings on the juvenile 
gang problem in Philadelphia and on the issue of the proposed merger of 
Independence Blue Cross and Blue Shield with Highmark from the western 
part of the State, that we were together in Pittsburgh recently for the 
induction of a court of appeals judge and a district court judge.
  My compliments to Senator Casey on his distinguished service already.
  Mr. President, I note the time has arrived for the vote, so I yield 
the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If all time is yielded back, the question is, 
Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Halil Suleyman 
Ozerden, of Mississippi, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Mississippi?
  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama), and the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. LOTT. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Arizona (Mr. McCain) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 95, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 136 Ex.]

                                YEAS--95

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Allard
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Brown
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burr
     Byrd
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Clinton
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Coleman
     Collins
     Conrad
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Craig
     Crapo
     DeMint
     Dodd
     Dole
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Graham
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Isakson
     Kennedy
     Kerry
     Klobuchar
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Lott
     Lugar
     Martinez
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Salazar
     Sanders
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Sununu
     Tester
     Thomas
     Thune
     Vitter
     Warner
     Webb
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Johnson
     McCain
     Obama
     Stabenow
     Voinovich
  The nomination was confirmed.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the President will 
be notified of the Senate's action.

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