[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4207]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF LOUIS GUIROLA, JR., OF MISSISSIPPI, TO BE UNITED STATES 
        DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
proceed to executive session to consider the nomination, which the 
clerk will report.
  The assistant journal clerk read the nomination of Louis Guirola, 
Jr., of Mississippi, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Mississippi.
  Mr. LEAHY. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  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 Louis Guirola, Jr., of Mississippi, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi? The yeas and nays have 
been ordered, and the clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant journal clerk called the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. 
Campbell) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici) are 
necessarily absent.
  Mr. DASCHLE. I announce that the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Edwards), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords), the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), 
and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) are necessarily 
absent.
  I also announce that the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) is absent 
attending a funeral.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 92, nays 0, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 59 Ex.]

                                YEAS--92

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Allard
     Allen
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burns
     Byrd
     Cantwell
     Carper
     Chafee
     Chambliss
     Clinton
     Cochran
     Coleman
     Collins
     Conrad
     Cornyn
     Corzine
     Craig
     Crapo
     Daschle
     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
     Kennedy
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lincoln
     Lott
     Lugar
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Miller
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Nickles
     Pryor
     Reed
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stabenow
     Stevens
     Sununu
     Talent
     Thomas
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Campbell
     Domenici
     Edwards
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kerry
     Lieberman
     Reid
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to 
reconsider is laid upon the table and the President shall be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action.

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