It is my understanding there is not a request for a rollcall vote on that one. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If all time is yielded back, the question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of James E. Graves, Jr., of Mississippi, to be a U.S. circuit judge for the Fifth Circuit? The nomination was confirmed.
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