[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3814]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  NOMINATION OF VINCE GIRDHARI CHHABRIA TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT 
             JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Vince Girdhari Chhabria, 
of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of California.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, all postcloture time 
is yielded back.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination 
of Vince Girdhari Chhabria, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of California?
  Mr. GRASSLEY. 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 legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) is 
necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 58, nays 41, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 56 Ex.]

                                YEAS--58

     Alexander
     Baldwin
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Boxer
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Hirono
     Johnson (SD)
     Kaine
     King
     Kirk
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall (NM)
     Walsh
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--41

     Ayotte
     Barrasso
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Burr
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Enzi
     Fischer
     Flake
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hatch
     Heller
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (WI)
     Lee
     McCain
     McConnell
     Moran
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rubio
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Thune
     Toomey
     Vitter
     Wicker

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Udall (CO)
       
  The nomination was confirmed.


                            vote explanation

 Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. President, had I been present to 
cast a vote relative to rollcall vote No. 56 on March 3, 2014 on the 
nomination of Vince Chhabria to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern 
District of California, I would have voted ``aye.''

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