[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 24, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3910-S3911]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       Vote on Mendoza Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is now 2 minutes equally divided prior 
to a vote on the Mendoza nomination.
  The Senator from Florida is recognized.
  Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, just to remind the Senate, this judge and 
the next one--as was the previous one--were done by the Judicial 
Nominating Commission process that Senator Rubio and I use in order to 
take any kind of politics out of the selection of judges. It has worked 
very well for years, and this judge and the next one are part of that 
process.
  Thank you very much, Mr. President.
  I yield back all time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, all time is yielded back.
  Under the previous order, the question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the nomination of Carlos Eduardo Mendoza, of Florida, to be 
United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida?
  Mr. WICKER. 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 legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Heinrich), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) 
are necessarily absent.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the 
Senator

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from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. 
Johanns).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 94, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 207 Ex.]

                                YEAS--94

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Boxer
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Coburn
     Collins
     Coons
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Flake
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Heitkamp
     Heller
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     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
     Reed
     Reid
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Thune
     Toomey
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Vitter
     Walsh
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Cochran
     Heinrich
     Johanns
     Pryor
     Rockefeller
     Schatz
  The nomination was confirmed.