[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 14, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3017-S3018]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
NOMINATION OF JOHN JOSEPH TUCHI TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR
THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA--Continued
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question now
occurs on the Tuchi nomination.
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that all time be
yielded back on the next two nominations.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the time is yielded back.
The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination
of John Joseph Tuchi, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge
for the District of Arizona?
Mr. SCOTT. Mr. 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 Colorado (Mr. Bennet)
and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) are necessarily absent.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the
Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr.
Boozman).
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 96, nays 0, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 148 Ex.]
YEAS--96
Alexander
Ayotte
Baldwin
Barrasso
Begich
Blumenthal
Booker
Boxer
Brown
Burr
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Chambliss
Coats
Coburn
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
Landrieu
Leahy
Lee
Levin
Manchin
Markey
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McCain
McCaskill
McConnell
Menendez
Merkley
Mikulski
Moran
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Paul
Portman
Pryor
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--4
Bennet
Blunt
Boozman
Reed
The nomination was confirmed.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
Mr. REID. We are going to have one more vote tonight. Starting at
11:15 tomorrow we could have up to five votes. So that is it for
tonight.
We have yielded back the time, but I ask unanimous consent that
Senator McCain be recognized for up to 1 minute.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona.
Mr. McCAIN. I would like to mention to my colleagues that with this
vote we will be making history in some respects. We should all be proud
that this nominee, Diane Humetewa of the Hopi Tribe, will be the first
Native-American woman to be on the Federal bench.
I would appreciate a positive vote. It is a proud moment for her, her
tribe, and for Native Americans.
I yield the floor.
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