[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 170 (Sunday, December 30, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8529-S8530]
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                 Vote on Nomination of Carol J. Galante

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will now be 2 
minutes equally divided prior to a vote on the nomination.
  Who yields time?
  Mr. REID. I yield back the remaining time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time is yielded back. The question is, 
Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Carol J. 
Galante, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development?
  Mr. VITTER. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kerry), and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), are 
necessarily absent.
  Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), 
the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. 
Alexander), and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 69, nays 24, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 250 Ex.]

                                YEAS--69

     Akaka
     Ayotte
     Baucus
     Begich
     Bennet
     Bingaman
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Boxer
     Brown (MA)
     Brown (OH)
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coats
     Coburn
     Collins
     Conrad
     Coons
     Corker
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hoeven
     Hutchison
     Isakson
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (WI)
     Klobuchar
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lugar
     Manchin
     McCain
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (NE)
     Nelson (FL)
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Snowe
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Thune
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Warner
     Webb
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--24

     Barrasso
     Boozman
     Cochran
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Enzi
     Grassley
     Hatch
     Heller
     Inhofe
     Johanns
     Kyl
     Lee
     McConnell
     Moran
     Paul
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rubio
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Toomey
     Vitter
     Wicker

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Alexander
     Chambliss
     DeMint
     Kerry
     Kirk
     Lautenberg
     Portman
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 60-vote threshold having been achieved, 
the nomination is confirmed.
  Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered 
made and laid upon the table, and the President will be immediately 
notified of the Senate's action.


                            Vote Explanation

 Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for the 
votes on the nomination of Carol J. Galante to be Assistant Secretary 
at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and William Baer to 
be Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice. If I were 
able to attend today's session, I would have supported the nominations 
of Carol J. Galante and William Baer.

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