[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 106 (Thursday, June 28, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8672-S8673]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   NOMINATION OF RICHARD SULLIVAN, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the next nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Richard Sullivan, of New 
York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
New York.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, for all Members, this will be our last 
vote. There will be a voice vote following this vote. On Monday, July 
9, starting at 5:30 p.m., maybe even 5:15 p.m., we will have a series 
of three or four rollcall votes.
  Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays on this nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a 
sufficient second.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination 
of Richard Sullivan, of New York, to be U.S. district judge for the 
Southern District of New York?
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson) is necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Whitehouse). Are there any other Senators 
in the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 99, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 238 Ex.]

                                YEAS--99

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Allard
     Barrasso
     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
     McCain
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Obama
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Salazar
     Sanders
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stabenow
     Stevens
     Sununu
     Tester
     Thune
     Vitter
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Webb
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

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                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Johnson
       
  The nomination was confirmed.

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