[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6388]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CLOTURE MOTION

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will be 2 
minutes of debate prior to the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
the Bastian nomination.
  The Senator from Washington.
  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I would like to speak about the excellent 
nominee we are considering to be U.S. district judge for the Eastern 
District of Washington, Stan Bastian.
  In my home State of Washington we have a bipartisan judicial 
selection process that allows us to recommend nominees who are 
supported by Republicans and Democrats alike, and while we don't always 
agree on every nominee, that process has served our State well for a 
long time. As the Senate votes today on the nomination of Mr. Bastian, 
I would like to inform my colleagues that during the bipartisan process 
to select him, his support was unanimous. That means every Republican 
and every Democrat who helps select judicial nominees in our State 
supports Mr. Bastian on the Federal bench. In today's political 
atmosphere, that is the strongest endorsement I can think of.
  He has nearly 30 years of litigation experience. He is a fellow in 
the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is the chairman of the Equal 
Justice Coalition, and throughout his career he has served the 
Washington bar, first as a member of the board of governors and 
eventually as president. He has practiced in both State and Federal 
courts, tried hundreds of cases, including civil and criminal cases and 
jury and bench trials.
  Our system of government is at its best when good people step up to 
the plate and are willing to serve. Throughout his legal career Stan 
Bastian has done just that. So I am here to express my support and urge 
our colleagues to do the same.
  Thank you. I yield the floor.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I yield back all time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, all time is yielded back.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, pursuant to rule 
XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, 
which the clerk will state.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of 
     Stanley Allen Bastian, of Washington, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Jon Tester, Barbara Boxer, 
           Charles E. Schumer, Benjamin L. Cardin, Richard J. 
           Durbin, Robert P. Casey, Christopher A. Coons, John D. 
           Rockefeller IV, Carl Levin, Maria Cantwell, Bill 
           Nelson, Sheldon Whitehouse, Christopher Murphy, Patty 
           Murray, Tom Udall, Angus S. King, Jr.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum 
call has been waived.
  The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the 
nomination of Stanley Allen Bastian, of Washington, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, shall be brought 
to a close?
  The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rules.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and 
the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Rubio).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 55, nays 41, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 112 Ex.]

                                YEAS--55

     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
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Walsh
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--41

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

                             NOT VOTING--4

     Boozman
     Levin
     Pryor
     Rubio
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On the motion to invoke cloture, the yeas are 
55, the nays are 41. The motion is agreed to.

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