[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16564]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      EXECUTIVE SESSION--Continued


                  Vote on Nomination of Mark E. Walker

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
proceed to executive session.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination 
of Mark E. Walker, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Florida?
  Mr. CARDIN. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. 
Conrad), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), and the Senator from 
West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. 
DeMint), and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk).
  The result was announced--yeas 94, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 224 Ex.]

                                YEAS--94

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Barrasso
     Baucus
     Begich
     Bennet
     Bingaman
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Boxer
     Brown (MA)
     Brown (OH)
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Collins
     Coons
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Heller
     Hoeven
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (WI)
     Kerry
     Klobuchar
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Lee
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lugar
     Manchin
     McCain
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (NE)
     Nelson (FL)
     Paul
     Portman
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Snowe
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Thune
     Toomey
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Vitter
     Warner
     Webb
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Burr
     Conrad
     DeMint
     Inouye
     Kirk
     Rockefeller
  The nomination was confirmed.


                 Vote on Nomination of Terrance G. Berg

  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. McCaskill). The question is, Will the 
Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Terrence G. Berg, of 
Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Michigan?
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motions to 
reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table, and the 
President shall be immediately notified of the Senate's action.

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