the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. are .residing officer: the ys the nays are 39. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, noel wise o californiao be united states

distributes judge for -- district judge for the northern districtf california. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will reporthe motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 782, noel wise of california to be united states district judge for the northern district of california signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i a consent the reading ofhe nam be waived. the presiding officer: is the objection? without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. a senator: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient sond? there appears toe. the clk will call the roll.

vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. the cler mrs. bckburn. mr. blumenthal.

the clerk: mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantll. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mrcoons. mr. cornyn.

ms. cortez masto. mrcotton mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckwoh. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mrgrassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. helmy. mr. hickenlooper.

ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. joson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. keedy. mr. king. ms. klobucha mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lun. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. mark.

mr. mcconnell. marshall, mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch.

mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner.

mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, book,butler, cantwell, cardin, carper, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, helmy, hickenlooper, hirono, kne, kelly, king, klobuchar, lujan, manchin, markey, merkley,

murphy, murray, ossoff, padilla, peters, ree ron, sanders, schatz, schumer, shaheen, smith, warner, warnock, warren, welch, whitehouse, and wyden. ms. lummis, no. mr. scott of south carolin no. mr. casey, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, boozman, capito, collins,ornyn,cotton, cramer, crapo, daines, fischer, graham, grassley, hoeven, hyde-smith johnson, nnedy, lankford, lummis, marshall, moran, murkowski, paul, roun, scott

of florida, scott of south carolina, sullivan, thune, tillis, wicker, and young. mr. risch, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no.

mr. lee, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye.

the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. schumer, aye.

the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. budd, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. mullin, no. mr. rictts, no. mr. cruz, no.

the presiding officer: the mr. humer: mr. president. i move t proceed to execuve session to csider calendar the presiding officer: the qution is on the motion.

a senato i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a suicient second? there appears to be. the clk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. the clerk: mrs. blackburn.

vote:

mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker.

the clerk: mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. msbutler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. rnyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. apo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. mr. durbin.th. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer.

mrs. gillibrand. the clerk: mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. . hass. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. helmy. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven.

mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. . marsll. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. muhy. mrs.urray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul.

mr. peters. mr. reed. . ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. nema. ms. smh.

ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. waer. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mrwyden. mr. young.

the presiding officer: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, brown, butler, cantwell, carper, cay, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, hassan, heinrich, helmy, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, kelly, king, klobuchar, lujan, merkley, murphy, murray, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, schatz, schumer, shaheen, smith, stabow, warner, warren, welch, whitehouse, wyden.

senato voting in the negative -- boozman, britt, budd, capito, daines, fischer, graham cruz, grassley, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, mcconnell, moran, mullin, ricketts, risch,rounds, schmitt, scott of south carolina sullivan, tillis, wicker. mr.cramer, no. mr. barrasso, no. . thune, n mr. warnock, aye.

the clerk: mr. lee, no. ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. mr. cornyn, no.

mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye.

mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. p young, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. scott of florida, no.

the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 46, nays are 38. the motion is agreed to.

the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. gail a. weilheimer of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the eastern mr. schumer: i send cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 790, gail a. weilheimer of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the eastern district of pennsylvania signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names -- i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding ofcer: the question i on the motion. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will calthe roll.

vote the clerk: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. the clerk: mr. booker.

. the clerk: mr. boozman. the clerk: mr. braun. mr britt.

mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. the clerk: mr. cassidy. ms. collins.

mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. amer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. inrich mr. helmy. mr. hienlooper. mr. hoeven.

mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnn. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. keedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. nchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merky.

mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. . ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen.

ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warn. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, booker, butler, cantwell,

cardin, carper, sey, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, helmy, hickenloer, hirono, markey, merkley, murphy murray, ossoff, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, sanders, schatz schumer, shaheen, smith, stabenow, warner, warnock, warren welch, whitehou. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, boozman, capito, collins, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, daines, fisher,

graham, grassley, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lummis, mcconnell, moran, murkowski, paul, risch, rounds, scott of florida, scott of south calina, sullivan, thune, tillis wicker, and young. mr. wyden, aye. mr. lee, no. ms. kluchar, aye.

the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. mullin, no. mr. cruz, no.

the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. budd, no.

the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 46. the nays are 38. the presidinofficer: the

majority leader. mr. schumer: m president, we have one final vote tonight. votes will resume at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow. i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 48 # -- viii 17. the presidinofficer: the

question is on the motion. is there a sufficient second. there appears to be. the clerk wl call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin.

vote:

mr. barras. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt.

mr. own. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. the clerk: mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. helmy.

mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock.

ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young.

the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, booker, brown, butler, cantwell, cardin, carper, casey, collins, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, helmy, hickenlooper, hirono, kaine, kelly, king, klobuchar, lujan, markey, merkley, murkowski, murphy, murray, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, schatz, shaheen, smith, stabenow, warner, warnock, warren, welch, wyden. mr. schumer, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. senators voting in the negative --

barrasso, boozman, britt, budd, capito, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, cruz, daines, fischer, graham, grassley, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, mcconnell, moran, mullin, paul, ricketts, risch, rounds, schmitt, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, sullivan, thune, tillis, wicker, young.

the presiding officer: the yeas are 46, the nays are 36. the motion is agrd to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. sharad harshad desai of arizona to be united states district judge for the district of arizona. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance wh the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 817, sharad harshad desai of arizona to be united states district judge for the district of arizona, signed by 17 senators as follows -- mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous

consent the senateroceed to legislative session, in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak erein for u to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without jection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent tha when the senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 100 a.m. on tuesdayou november 19, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal ofroceedings be approved to date, t morning hour be deemedexpired, the time for the two leaders reserved for thr use later in the day, and morning busess be closed. following the conclusion of morning business, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the kasuai nominatn. further,hat the cloture motn with respect t the kasubhai ripen at11:30 a.m. following the cloture vote, the senate recess until 2:15 p.m. if all cloture is invoked on the kasubhai nomination, all time be expired at 2:15.m. finally, that if any nominations are conrmed during tuesday's

session , theotion to reconsider be considered made and laid un the table, and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objeion. of. mr. schumer: if there i to further business to come before thesenate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until

should providers giving you a front row seat to demracy. >> supreme court oral argument due t nvidence that was previously supessed by wisconsin who wasonvicted and ntenced to death in 1998. theta argues that newly uncovered evidence shows prosecutors violated the

defendant's rht at trial the oral argumen isne hour 45 minute. >> w wl hear argument this morning and case 227466. mr. waxman. >> mr.hief justice mayav please the court. convicted on the word of one man justin sneed the undisputed murder in thisase. oklahoma has now disclosed evidence revealing that he lied to theury about his history of psychiatcreatment including the fact that a prison psychiatrist prescribed lithium to treat his previousl unagnosed bipolar disorder.

that the court's decision is based on bona fide separate adua a independent grounds as long required by this court to preclude review nor is there any adequate rejecting the state's waiver, the court created a jurisdictional threshold it had never applied in any oer case the disposition was "thout support in prior steaw as required

over 60rs of this court's preceden. no evidentiary hearing forhe concluon that mr. gossip wasn't denied due process. there was no dispute that contrary to the s testimony of the state owned suppressed record shows that he was in fact treated by a psychiatrist for bipolar disorder. you placed quite a bit of weight on the notes from smother men. from your opening statements you clearly do not agree with t.

did you at any point get a statement from eitherne of the prosecutors? >> yes. >> did you interew them >> to be clear, we did get a sworn statement which i believe isha page 960 of the joint appendage which among other things heentions the fact that, he never mentions the account that he is now provided to, and the amicus brief for the fami and as ms. smother men , intervied both by the independent legislatures independentouel and by the attorney general's independent counsel mr. duncan. she gave different answers each time, none of which was the account that she has now provided in an unsworn letter attached to the brief. >> it would seem