[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2652]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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  NOMINATION OF MAX SIEBEN BAUCUS TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND 
    PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE PEOPLE'S 
                           REPUBLIC OF CHINA

  Mr. REID. Madam President, after having consulted with the Republican 
leader, I now ask unanimous consent to move to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 629, the nomination of our friend Max Baucus to 
be Ambassador to China; further, I ask that all time be yielded back, 
with all of the provisions under the previous order remaining in 
effect.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Under the previous order, the Senate will proceed to executive 
session to consider the following nomination, which the clerk will 
report.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Max Sieben Baucus, of 
Montana, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the People's Republic of China.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the nomination of Max Sieben Baucus, of Montana, to be 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the People's Republic of China?
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to 
be a sufficient second. There is a sufficient second. The clerk will 
call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. BAUCUS (when his name was called). ``Present.''
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran), and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Warren). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 96, nays 0, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 25 Ex.]

                                YEAS--96

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Boxer
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Cochran
     Collins
     Coons
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Flake
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Heller
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (WI)
     Kaine
     King
     Kirk
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Lee
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCain
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Paul
     Portman
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Risch
     Rockefeller
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Thune
     Toomey
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Vitter
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

       
     Baucus
      

                             NOT VOTING--3

     Coburn
     Moran
     Roberts
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the President will 
be immediately notified of the Senate's action.

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