[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 20332]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   NOMINATION OF KAREN K. CALDWELL, OF KENTUCKY, TO BE UNITED STATES 
          DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will now proceed to the 
consideration of the nomination of Karen K. Caldwell, of Kentucky, 
which the clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Karen K. 
Caldwell of Kentucky, to be a United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Kentucky.
  Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I rise in strong support of the 
nomination of Karen Caldwell to be a Federal District Court Judge for 
the Eastern District of Kentucky.
  Karen has the qualities that will make her a fine judge--knowledge of 
the law, calm and respected demeanor, and obvious intelligence.
  She has had an outstanding professional career that has prepared her 
well to sit on the bench. She is a former Assistant U.S. attorney for 
the district, rising to become Deputy Chief of the Civil Division. From 
1991 to 1993, she served as the U.S. attorney for the eastern district. 
Among the notable prosecutions during her tenure was her office's 
prosecution as part of Operation Boptrot, the Federal sting operation 
that led to the conviction of a number of public officials and 
lobbyists in Kentucky.
  It was a difficult and complex case, both legally and politically, 
and she handled it with great skill. In short, Karen's work helped 
restore public confidence in elected officials in our Commonwealth.
  Since leaving the U.S. attorney's post, Karen has specialized in 
complex civil and criminal litigation at one of Kentucky's leading 
firms. She has won numerous awards for the quality of her work, and has 
truly made a mark in Kentucky. It is only natural now that she rise to 
the bench.
  I urge the Senate to support this nomination. The President made a 
great choice by selecting her for the bench, and she is going to be a 
fine judge, not just for the people of the eastern district, but for 
our entire Nation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the nomination of Karen K. Caldwell, of Kentucky, to be a 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky?
  On this question the yeas and nays have been ordered. Under the 
previous order this will be a 10-minute vote.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  The result was announced--yeas 100, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 308 Ex.]

                               YEAS--100

     Akaka
     Allard
     Allen
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Cantwell
     Carnahan
     Carper
     Chafee
     Cleland
     Clinton
     Cochran
     Collins
     Conrad
     Corzine
     Craig
     Crapo
     Daschle
     Dayton
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Fitzgerald
     Frist
     Graham
     Gramm
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Helms
     Hollings
     Hutchinson
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Lott
     Lugar
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Miller
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Nickles
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (NH)
     Smith (OR)
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stabenow
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Torricelli
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Wellstone
     Wyden
  The nomination was confirmed.
  Mr. LEAHY. I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. INOUYE. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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