[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 182 (Friday, December 20, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S9082]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 NOMINATION OF BRIAN J. DAVIS TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 
                   FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Brian J. Davis, of 
Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Florida.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, all postcloture time 
is yielded back.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination 
of Brian J. Davis, of Florida, to be United States District Court Judge 
for the Middle District of Florida?
  Mr. CHAMBLISS. 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 legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) is 
necessarily absent.
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Reid) would vote ``yea.''
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the 
Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Coburn), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson), and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. 
Alexander) would have voted ``nay.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 68, nays 26, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 290 Ex.]

                                YEAS--68

     Ayotte
     Baldwin
     Baucus
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Boxer
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Collins
     Coons
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Heller
     Hirono
     Johnson (SD)
     Kaine
     King
     Kirk
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Portman
     Pryor
     Reed
     Rockefeller
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Thune
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--26

     Barrasso
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Coats
     Cochran
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Enzi
     Fischer
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Johnson (WI)
     Lee
     McCain
     McConnell
     Moran
     Paul
     Risch
     Roberts
     Scott
     Shelby
     Toomey
     Vitter
     Wicker

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Alexander
     Coburn
     Flake
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Reid
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to 
reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the 
President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.

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