[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 5, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S1652]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                   Nomination of Allison Joan Rushing

  Mr. TILLIS. Madam President, I come to the floor to thank my 
colleagues who voted and who will be voting to move forward the 
nomination of Allison Joan Rushing to be the U.S. Circuit Court judge 
for the Fourth Circuit.
  Ms. Rushing has a great history in North Carolina. She is actually 
from East Flat Rock, NC. Both of her parents were educators who taught 
in the North Carolina public school system. She received her degree 
with honors from Wake Forest, and she received her law degree from Duke 
University. She now has over 11 years of experience practicing law and 
is really considered one of the fast-rising stars of the legal 
profession.
  I have had the opportunity to get to know Ms. Rushing through the 
nomination process, and I know she is going to do a great job as a 
circuit court judge on the Fourth Circuit.
  From the ABA, she has received from a substantial majority a 
``qualified'' rating and from a minority a ``well qualified'' rating. 
She is clearly qualified to do this job. She is young. She is bright. 
She is a topnotch litigator, and I look forward to casting my vote here 
in a couple of minutes. Again, I think my colleagues will also be 
casting a vote in support of confirming this nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, all postcloture time 
has expired.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Rushing 
nomination?
  Mr. TILLIS. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Heinrich), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from 
Arizona (Ms. Sinema), are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cassidy). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 44, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 35 Ex.]

                                YEAS--53

     Alexander
     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Enzi
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Gardner
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     McConnell
     McSally
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Perdue
     Portman
     Risch
     Roberts
     Romney
     Rounds
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--44

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Harris
     Hassan
     Hirono
     Jones
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--3

     Heinrich
     Sanders
     Sinema
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to 
reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the 
President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.

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