One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, CONSIDERATION - MARTIN NOMINATION Pursuant to an order of the Senate of December 22, 2009, The Senate proceeded to executive session to take up the nomination of Beverly Baldwin Martin, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the The question being, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Beverly Baldwin Martin, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll (No. 1 Ex.) and The vote resulted - yeas 97, nays 0 - as follows: Yeas: Akaka, Alexander, Barrasso, Baucus, Bayh, Begich, Bennet, Bennett, Bingaman, Boxer, Brown, Brownback, Bunning, Burr, Burris, Byrd, Cantwell, Cardin, Carper, Casey, Chambliss, Coburn, Cochran, Collins, Conrad, Corker, Cornyn, Crapo, DeMint, Dodd, Dorgan, Durbin, Ensign, Enzi, Feingold, Feinstein, Franken, Gillibrand, Graham, Grassley, Gregg, Hagan, Harkin, Hatch, Hutchison, Inhofe, Inouye, Isakson, Johanns, Johnson, Kaufman, Kerry, Kirk, Klobuchar, Kohl, Kyl, Landrieu, Lautenberg, Leahy, LeMieux, Levin, Lieberman, Lincoln, Lugar, McCain, McCaskill, McConnell, Menendez, Merkley, Mikulski, Murkowski, Murray, Nelson (NE), Nelson (FL), Pryor, Reed, Reid, Risch, Rockefeller, Sanders, Schumer, Sessions, Shaheen, Shelby, Snowe, Specter, Stabenow, Tester, Thune, Udall (NM), Vitter, Voinovich, As in executive session, MESSAGES REFERRED The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following messages from the President of the United States, transmitting nominations, which were referred as indicated: To the Senate of the United States: I nominate THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Michael F. Tillman, of California, to be a Member of the Marine Mammal Commission for a term expiring May 13, 2011, vice John Elliott Reynolds, III, term expired. To the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Daryl J. Boness, of Maine, to be a Member of the Marine Mammal Commission for a term expiring May 13, 2010, vice Paul K. Dayton, term expired. To the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Earl F. Weener, of Oregon, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board for the remainder of the term expiring December 31, 2010, vice Mark V. Rosenker, resigned. To the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. To the Senate of the United States: BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Jeffrey R. Moreland, of Texas, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years, vice David McQueen Laney, term expired. To the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Theodore Sedgwick, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Slovak Republic. To the Committee on Foreign Relations. BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Robert Wedgeworth, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2013, vice Amy Owen, term expired. To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Carla D. Hayden, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2014, vice Kevin Owen Starr, term expired. To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. John Coppola, of Florida, to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2013, vice Gail Daly, resigned. To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. To the Senate of the United States: BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Winston Tabb, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2013, vice Beverly Allen, term expired. To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. To the Senate of the United States: BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Craig Becker, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2014, vice Dennis P. Walsh. To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. BARACK OBAMA To the Senate of the United States: I nominate THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Milton C. Lee, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years, vice Jerry Stewart Byrd, retired. To the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Dana Katherine Bilyeu, of Nevada, to be a Member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board for a term expiring October 11, 2011, vice Thomas A. Fink, term expired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Michael D. Kennedy, of Georgia, to be a Member of Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board for a term expiring September 25, 2010, vice Gordon Whiting, term expired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Michael D. Kennedy, of Georgia, to be a Member of Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board for a term expiring September 25, 2014. (Reappointment) BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Dennis P. Walsh, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Special Panel on Appeals for a term of six years, vice John L. Howard, term expired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. To the Senate of the United States: THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Cynthia Chavez Lamar, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for a term expiring May 19, 2010, vice Allen E. Carrier. To the Committee on Indian Affairs. BARACK OBAMA To the Senate of the United States: THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. JoAnn Lynn Balzer, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for a term expiring May 19, 2012, vice Letitia Chambers, term expired. To the Committee on Indian Affairs. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Louis B. Butler, Jr., of Wisconsin, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, vice John C. Shabaz, retired. To the Committee on the Judiciary. To the Senate of the United States: BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Edward Milton Chen, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, vice Martin J. Jenkins, resigned. To the Committee on the Judiciary. To the Senate of the United States: BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Jon E. DeGuilio, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, vice Allen Sharp, retired. To the Committee on the Judiciary. To the Senate of the United States: BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Audrey Goldstein Fleissig, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, vice E. Richard Webber, retired. To the Committee on the Judiciary. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2010. Lucy Haeran Koh, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, vice Ronald M. Whyte, retired. To the Committee on the Judiciary. BARACK OBAMA |