[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12123-12124]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 NOMINATION OF RICARDO S. MARTINEZ TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
                 FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the next nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Ricardo S. Martinez, of 
Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Washington.
  Mr. HATCH. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Burns). Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I wonder if I could address the Senate 
with regard to the schedule.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. WARNER. We are making good progress on this bill. We have 
indications of at least four amendments that will be worked on, part 
this evening and part in the early morning, that could result in three 
to four votes. We would like to lead off following the established time 
for morning business, which I understand may be some 30 minutes, at 
approximately 10 o'clock with debate with the Senator from Connecticut, 
Mr. Dodd, 15 minutes on each side, followed by a rollcall vote. That 
would be followed thereafter by Senator Leahy. We are not certain 
exactly what time. That will require approximately 2 hours equally 
divided. We have the Bunning amendment which will be brought up 
tomorrow. And tonight we will lay down an amendment by Senator Reed on 
end strength. We will start that amendment tonight. There are 
colleagues on both sides who will want to address that tomorrow.
  We will order this evening the final order of these amendments in 
sequence. If there is any other Senator desiring to move forward with 
an amendment tomorrow, I urge that Senator to address my colleague or 
myself.
  Mr. REID. Will the Senator yield?
  Mr. WARNER. Yes.
  Mr. REID. It is my understanding that tonight, when we get to the 
bill, the junior Senator from Idaho is going to lay down an amendment; 
is that right?
  Mr. WARNER. My understanding is he wishes to do that tomorrow where 
we can get a unanimous consent.
  Mr. REID. That is the best way to proceed.
  Mr. WARNER. We recognize when the votes are concluded, Senator Reed 
would lay down his amendment for discussion, we would then do cleared 
amendments, and that will conclude the actions on this bill for today. 
When the leadership decides on the opening of the Senate tomorrow, we 
have 30 minutes for morning business.
  Mr. REID. We need half an hour on our side. I indicated to Senator 
Levin we would be happy to waive morning business on Thursday, but we 
would like a half hour on our side tomorrow.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, if the Senator would yield.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
  Mr. FRIST. If you need 30 minutes in morning business, we would like 
it equally divided. Because we have such a full day tomorrow, I want to 
have this first vote at 10 o'clock. We would be happy to come at 9 
o'clock in the morning, you take 30 minutes, or we will divide the hour 
30-30.
  Mr. REID. That is totally appropriate.
  I say through the Chair, on our side, Senator Durbin will offer the 
next amendment, not Senator Reed. Our amendment will be Senator Durbin.
  Mr. LEVIN. I understand that Senator Durbin, if he could, prefers to 
lay it down tomorrow, and Senator Reed can lay his amendment down.
  Mr. WARNER. We have Senator Reed tonight. We will accommodate Senator 
Durbin tomorrow with 30 minutes equally divided.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, if I might ask the distinguished senior 
Senator from Virginia, as I understand it, my amendment is actually 
pending. There are a number pending, but my understanding is the 
distinguished Senator from Virginia will protect me for a block of 
time.
  Mr. WARNER. That is correct.
  Mr. LEAHY. So we can debate and vote.
  Mr. WARNER. Two hours equally divided at a time mutually agreeable, 
followed by a vote.
  Mr. LEAHY. Good enough for me.
  Mr. WARNER. We will incorporate this at the conclusion tonight in a 
UC. I thank the Presiding Officer, and I thank Members.
  Senator Talent, also, will be recognized tonight to lay down his 
amendment. We will debate that and then look for a vote, if necessary, 
tomorrow.
  Any other Senators desiring to be heard on amendments? Now is a good 
time.
  If not, I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the nomination of Ricardo S. Martinez, of Washington, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington? On 
this question, the yeas and nays have been ordered, and the clerk will 
call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) and 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ensign). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 98, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 116 Ex.]

                                YEAS--98

     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
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Hollings
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     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--2

     Jeffords
     Kerry
       
  The nomination was confirmed.

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