[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 5, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1302-S1303]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             CLOTURE MOTION

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will be 2 
minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form prior to the 
cloture vote.
  The Senator from Arkansas is recognized.
  Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, this next nominee, Timothy Brooks of the 
Western District of Arkansas, is excellent in every way. He basically 
has the support from plaintiffs', defendants', and criminal defendants' 
lawyers, prosecutors, Democrats and Republicans, businesses--everybody. 
They really like this nominee is the total consensus on him. He has 
been waiting for a long time. We tried to get this going last year and 
got caught up in end-of-the-year stuff.
  I ask all my colleagues to vote yes on the procedure and on 
confirming him.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The junior Senator from Arkansas is 
recognized.

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  Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I share my support for the nominee on 
whom we are about to vote.
  Judge Timothy Brooks has the experience, background, and temperament 
to unanimously qualify him for the position of district judge. I am 
proud to stand before my colleagues and offer my support of his 
confirmation. I am pleased that we have been able to act on this 
vacancy and hope that Judge Brooks will be easily confirmed much like 
Judge Moody was for the Eastern District of Arkansas seat last week.
  Again, these are highly qualified nominees. Judge Moody is a great 
fit for the Eastern District. I am confident Judge Brooks will 
complement him well in the Western District. One of the most important 
aspects of what we do in the Senate is the confirmation of judges, the 
process of selecting people with the right temperament and 
qualifications. I believe both Judge Moody and Judge Brooks will make 
excellent Federal judges and will make Arkansas proud.
  I yield the floor.


                             Cloture Motion

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired.
  Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending 
cloture motion, which the clerk will state.

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of 
     Timothy L. Brooks, of Arkansas, to be United Stated District 
     Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Mark L. Pryor, Mark Begich, 
           Robert Menendez, Benjamin L. Cardin, Tom Harkin, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Christopher Murphy, Patty Murray, Jon 
           Tester, Richard J. Durbin, Barbara Boxer, Angus S. 
           King, Jr., Claire McCaskill, Richard Blumenthal, 
           Sheldon Whitehouse, Jack Reed.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum 
call has been waived.
  The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the 
nomination of Timothy L. Brooks of Arkansas, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, shall be brought 
to a close?
  The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call 
the roll.
  The assistant bill clerk called the roll.
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 59, nays 41, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 53 Ex.]

                                YEAS--59

     Baldwin
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Boozman
     Boxer
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Flake
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Hirono
     Johnson (SD)
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Walsh
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--41

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Barrasso
     Blunt
     Burr
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Enzi
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hatch
     Heller
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (WI)
     Kirk
     Lee
     McCain
     McConnell
     Moran
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rubio
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Thune
     Toomey
     Vitter
     Wicker
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Blumenthal). On this vote the yeas are 59 
and the nays are 41.
  The motion is agreed to.

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