[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 149 (Tuesday, December 9, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S6436]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
NOMINATION OF VIRGINIA TYLER LODGE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY--Continued
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will now be 2
minutes of debate prior to a vote on the Lodge nomination.
Mr. REID. I yield back all time.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, all time is yielded back.
The question occurs on the Lodge nomination.
Mr. ALEXANDER. 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 question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination
of Virginia Tyler Lodge, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority?
The clerk will call the roll.
The assistant bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) and
the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) are necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 86, nays 12, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 320 Ex.]
YEAS--86
Alexander
Ayotte
Baldwin
Barrasso
Begich
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Boozman
Boxer
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Coats
Cochran
Collins
Coons
Corker
Cornyn
Cruz
Donnelly
Durbin
Enzi
Feinstein
Fischer
Flake
Franken
Gillibrand
Graham
Grassley
Hagan
Hatch
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Hirono
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johanns
Johnson (SD)
Johnson (WI)
Kaine
King
Kirk
Klobuchar
Leahy
Lee
Levin
Manchin
Markey
McCain
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Mikulski
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Portman
Pryor
Reed
Reid
Rockefeller
Rubio
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Scott
Sessions
Shaheen
Shelby
Stabenow
Tester
Thune
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Vitter
Walsh
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wicker
Wyden
NAYS--12
Blunt
Burr
Chambliss
Coburn
Crapo
Heller
McConnell
Moran
Paul
Risch
Roberts
Toomey
NOT VOTING--2
Harkin
Landrieu
The nomination was confirmed.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
Mr. REID. This vote we are about to have will be the last recorded
vote of the day.
Unanimous Consent Agreement--Executive Calendar
I now ask unanimous consent that following the vote on confirmation
of Executive Calendar No. 1095, the Senate consider Calendar Nos. 800
and 801; that there be 2 minutes for debate equally divided between the
two leaders or their designees prior to each vote; that upon the use or
yielding back of that time, the Senate proceed to vote without
intervening action or debate on the nominations in the order listed;
that any rollcall votes following the first in the series be 10 minutes
in length; that if any nomination is confirmed, the motion to
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no
intervening action or debate; that no further motions be in order to
the nomination; that any statements related to the nomination be
printed in the Record; that the President be immediately notified of
the Senate's action and the Senate then resume legislative session.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. REID. We expect the nominations to be considered by voice vote.
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