[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 8899-8900]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF DEE D. DRELL TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE 
                     WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate shall

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proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination, 
which the clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Dee D. Drell, of 
Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Louisiana.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Pennsylvania.
  Mr. SANTORUM. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the next 
two votes be 10 minutes in duration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that it be in 
order at this point to request the yeas and nays for both nominees; 
that is, Dee Drell and Richard Bennett.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to requesting the yeas and 
nays at this time? Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. LEAHY. I ask for the yeas and nays on both nominees.
  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 Dee D. Drell, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Louisiana. On this question, the yeas and nays 
have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) is 
absent.
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) would vote ``Aye''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 99, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 130 Ex.]

                                YEAS--99

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

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Harkin
       
  The nomination was confirmed.

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