[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 18576-18577]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations, 
which the clerk will report.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nominations of Peter 
William

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Bodde, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Libya; Elisabeth I. 
Millard, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of 
Tajikistan; Marc Jonathan Sievers, of Maryland, a Career Member of the 
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
the Sultanate of Oman; Deborah R. Malac, of Virginia, a Career Member 
of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the Republic of Uganda; Lisa J. Peterson, of Virginia, a 
Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the Kingdom of Swaziland; and H. Dean Pittman, of the 
District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of 
Mozambique.


                        Vote on Bodde Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, 
Will the Senate advise and consent to the Bodde nomination?
  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 bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the 
Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Rubio), and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter).
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) and 
the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 95, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 309 Ex.]

                                YEAS--95

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boozman
     Boxer
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Coats
     Cochran
     Collins
     Coons
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Flake
     Franken
     Gardner
     Gillibrand
     Grassley
     Hatch
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Heller
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johnson
     Kaine
     King
     Kirk
     Klobuchar
     Lankford
     Leahy
     Lee
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCain
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Paul
     Perdue
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Reid
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rounds
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Udall
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Graham
     Nelson
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Vitter
  The nomination was confirmed.


                       Vote on Millard Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, 
Will the Senate advise and consent to the Millard nomination?
  The nomination was confirmed.


                       Vote on Sievers Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the Sievers nomination?
  The nomination was confirmed.


                        Vote on Malac Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the Malac nomination?
  The nomination was confirmed.


                      Vote on Peterson Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the Peterson nomination?
  The nomination was confirmed.


                       Vote on Pittman Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the Pittman nomination?
  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 will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.

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