[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 69 (Thursday, May 8, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S2845]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 NOMINATION OF NANCY J. ROSENSTENGEL TO BE U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE 
                SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS--Continued

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will be 2 
minutes of debate equally divided prior to the vote on the Rosenstengel 
nomination.
  Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I rise to speak in support of Nancy 
Rosenstengel's nomination to serve as a District Court judge in the 
Southern District of Illinois.
  Ms. Rosenstengel has the experience, integrity and judgment to be an 
outstanding member of the Federal bench. She has been nominated to fill 
the judgeship in the East St. Louis courthouse that was left vacant by 
the retirement of Judge G. Patrick Murphy last December. This vacancy 
has been designated as a judicial emergency, and I am glad that the 
Senate is moving forward to fill it.
  Ms. Rostenstengel knows the East St. Louis Federal courthouse well. 
She currently serves as the Clerk of Court for the Southern District, a 
position she has held for the last 5 years. In this capacity, she 
serves as the chief administrative officer for the court and handles 
the day-to-day management of its functions. She has received widespread 
praise for her skillful handling of the court's operations and 
policies.
  Previously, Ms. Rosenstengel worked in private practice at the law 
firm Sandberg, Phoenix and von Gontard, and she served for 11 years as 
a judicial law clerk to Judge Murphy, the judge she has been nominated 
to replace. As Judge Murphy's career law clerk, Ms. Rosenstengel 
assisted him in hundreds of civil and criminal proceedings. It is hard 
to imagine better training for a judgeship than the work Ms. 
Rosenstengel performed for over a decade at Judge Murphy's side.
  Ms. Rosenstengel was born in Alton and currently lives in Belleville. 
She received her B.A. from the University of Illinois in Urbana-
Champaign and her J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law.
  Ms. Rosenstengel's nomination is historic. No woman has ever before 
served as an Article III Federal judge in the Southern District of 
Illinois. Upon confirmation, Nancy Rosenstengel will be the first. And 
she will do an outstanding job serving the people of the Southern 
District. She was recommended to me by a bipartisan screening committee 
that I established to review judicial candidates for the Southern 
District. I was proud to recommend her name to the President, and I 
appreciate the support of my colleague Senator Kirk for her nomination.
  Ms. Rosenstengel had her hearing before the Judiciary Committee in 
January. In February, she was reported out of committee by a unanimous 
voice vote. In short, she is an outstanding nominee and I urge my 
colleagues to support her confirmation.
  Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to yield back all 
time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  All time is yielded back.
  Under the previous order, the question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the nomination of Nancy J. Rosenstengel, of Illinois, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois?
  Mr. McCAIN. Madam President, 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 assistant bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the 
Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), and the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Coburn).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 95, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 139 Ex.]

                                YEAS--95

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boxer
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Cochran
     Collins
     Coons
     Corker
     Cornyn
     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
     Leahy
     Lee
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCain
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Paul
     Portman
     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--5

     Begich
     Boozman
     Coburn
     Landrieu
     Pryor
  The nomination was confirmed.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, on the next nomination, I ask unanimous 
consent to yield back that time, and this will be the last vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, the remaining votes, if any, will be by 
voice. On Monday we will have at least three votes starting at 5:30 
p.m.

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