[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 5, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S1302]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 NOMINATION OF PAMELA L. REEVES TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR 
                   THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The bill clerk read the nomination of Pamela L. Reeves, of Tennessee, 
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Tennessee.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized.
  Mr. REID. It is 4:45 p.m. We have a lot of votes. We can move through 
these votes very quickly. They are 10-minute votes. I have some 
complaints from some Senators that it is not fair to wait around for 
other Senators when there are a lot of things going on tonight. At the 
end of 15 minutes, no matter who is not here, we are going to cut off 
the votes. That is what everybody wants and that is what we are going 
to do.
  Anyway, we have to do that. If it is a close vote, then we always 
give time for people to play around with that, but these votes haven't 
been that close and so I think we should get through these votes as 
quickly as we can. I am alerting everyone and the floor staff.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the postcloture time 
is yielded back.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination 
of Pamela L. Reeves, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
  Mr. GRASSLEY. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Texas (Mr. Cornyn).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) 
would have voted ``yea.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 99, nays 0, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 52 Ex.]

                                YEAS--99

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Boxer
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Collins
     Coons
     Corker
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Flake
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Heller
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (WI)
     Kaine
     King
     Kirk
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Lee
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCain
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Paul
     Portman
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Thune
     Toomey
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Vitter
     Walsh
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Cornyn
       
  The nomination was confirmed.

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