[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 5931]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF WILLIAM D. QUARLES, JR., OF MARYLAND, TO BE UNITED STATES 
              DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination, 
which the clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of William D. 
Quarles, Jr., of Maryland, to be U.S. District Judge for the District 
of Maryland.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the nomination of William D. Quarles, Jr., of Maryland, to 
be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maryland. On this question, 
the yeas and nays have been ordered, and the clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FRIST. I announce that the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond), the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
McConnell), and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Nickles) are necessarily 
absent.
  Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Daschle), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Edwards), and the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) are necessarily absent.
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mr. Edwards) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kerry) would vote ``aye''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Coleman). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 91, nays 0, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 50 Ex.]

                                YEAS--91

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Allard
     Allen
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Cantwell
     Carper
     Chafee
     Chambliss
     Clinton
     Cochran
     Coleman
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Corzine
     Craig
     Crapo
     Dayton
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Dole
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Fitzgerald
     Frist
     Graham (FL)
     Graham (SC)
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Hollings
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Lott
     Lugar
     McCain
     Mikulski
     Miller
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stabenow
     Stevens
     Sununu
     Talent
     Thomas
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Biden
     Bond
     Conrad
     Daschle
     Domenici
     Edwards
     Kerry
     McConnell
     Nickles
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The President will be notified of the Senate's 
action.

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