[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13] [Senate] [Page 19472] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]NOMINATION OF BRIAN J. DAVIS TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The legislative clerk read the nomination of Brian J. Davis, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida. 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 Brian J. Davis, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida? Mr. CHAMBLISS. I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) is necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) would vote ``yea.'' Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) would have voted ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 68, nays 26, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 290 Ex.] YEAS--68 Ayotte Baldwin Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Booker Boxer Brown Burr Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Collins Coons Donnelly Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hagan Harkin Hatch Heinrich Heitkamp Heller Hirono Johnson (SD) Kaine King Kirk Klobuchar Landrieu Leahy Levin Manchin Markey McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murphy Murray Nelson Portman Pryor Reed Rockefeller Rubio Sanders Schatz Schumer Sessions Shaheen Stabenow Tester Thune Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Warren Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--26 Barrasso Blunt Boozman Coats Cochran Corker Cornyn Crapo Cruz Enzi Fischer Hoeven Inhofe Johnson (WI) Lee McCain McConnell Moran Paul Risch Roberts Scott Shelby Toomey Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--6 Alexander Coburn Flake Isakson Johanns Reid 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. ____________________