On the recordOctober 13, 2011
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar), and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 48, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 164 Ex.] YEAS--48 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--44 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Chambliss Coats Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Kyl Lee McCain McConnell Moran Murkowski Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Toomey Wicker NOT VOTING--8 Coburn Hagan Harkin Lieberman Lugar Manchin Stabenow Vitter The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Susan Owens Hickey, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas? The Senator from Vermont.
