[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2822]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, before I address the issue of Miguel 
Estrada, as a matter of personal privilege, I note I missed three 
rollcall votes last night on the three judicial nominees. I would have 
voted in the affirmative on all three nominees. The reason for my 
absence has to do with the fact--and I am holding two boarding passes--
I boarded a plane in Chicago to come to Washington and we were grounded 
because of mechanical difficulties. Because of the delay in that 
flight, it was impossible for me to make the rollcall votes. As I said 
earlier, I would have voted affirmatively on all three of President 
Bush's nominees who came before the Senate last night.
  Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, as you know, yesterday the Senate 
unanimously confirmed the nominations of John R. Adams to be a judge 
for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 
S. James Otero to be a judge for the United States District Court for 
the Central District of California, and Robert A. Junell to be a judge 
for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. 
I was in Delaware meeting with constituents and, accordingly, was 
unable to attend yesterday's votes. I wish to note for the Record, 
however, that I would have voted in favor of all three nominees 
yesterday, having voted to report favorably their nominations from the 
Judiciary Committee last week.

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