a few words on judge manglona. she received her bachelor's of arts degree from the university of california-berkeley, 1990. in 1996, she graduated from the university of new mexico law school. following law school, the nominee clerked for the superior court of the commonwealth of north mariana islands. she then worked in the attorney general's office, and in 2002, the governor appointed her attorney general for northern mariana islands. in 2003, she was appointed to serve as an associate judge for the northern mariana islands superior court. during her time on the superior court, she had also served as judge pro tempore for the guam superior court and the guam supreme court. the american bar association's standing committee on the federal judiciary has rated judge manglona unanimously qualified. i also support this nomination and congratulate her on her professional accomplishments. i yield the floor. mr. reid: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: we have an unusual situation. it loo

the judiciary paul engelmayer of new york to be united states district judge, ramona villagomez manglonaslands to be judge for the district court. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be one hour for debate on the nominations equally divided and controlled in the usual form. mr. leahy: mr. president, i understand the vote will be at 5:30; is that correct? the presiding officer: there is debate for one hour. if no time is yielded back, the vote will be at 5:36. mr. leahy: mr. president, i will yield back six minutes of my time so the vote can begin at 5:30. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i note that the senate observed a moment of silence for john gibson and jacob chestnut, who were killed here in the capitol in 1998, july 24, both excellent police officers, one uniformed and one plain clothes in the protective division. my wife and i knew both john gibson and jacob chestnut. both i believe were at their memorial services. i'm glad we had a moavment silence. i would also note, mr. president, we sometimes forget we've a lot of ver

minutes of debate prior to a roll call vote on confirmation of the engelmayer nomination and the manglonanomination is expected to be confidence by a voice vote. -- to be confirmed by a voice vote. i would ask my friends on the judiciary committee, i'm not sure we need the debate today. it was already debated yesterday. i would hope we could go directly thew vot to that vote . the senate will recess from 12:30 to 3:30 for the weakly party caucuses. i ask unanimous consent that the three interns rosy or tailing tai go and rubin be given floor privileges today. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: there's been a lot of talk in the last 24 hours about a so-called -- about so-called doing plans to raise the debt limit. to avert a dangerous default on this nation's financial obligations. as far as i can tell, the only dueling going on in washington today is between the republican parties and multiple personalities and there are quite a few. last night i introduced an amendment that i thought was fail-safe. it would prevent default using only proposals that the republicans have

ramona villagomez manglona of the northern mariana islands to be judge of the district court. the presiding officer: there will be two minutes of debate equally divided. mr. grassley: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i don't intend to use the one minute because i spoke yesterday on this nomination, but i urge my colleagues to support the nomination of paul a. engelmayer to be district judge. he's very well qualified, so i would encourage a yes vote. i yield back the balance of my time. mr. durbin: i yield back our time on this side. mr. grassley: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote? seeing none, the vote on the question of the confirmation of paul engelmayer of new york to be united states district jrk the votes are 98 -- district judge, the votes are 98 aye, 0 nay, the nomination is confirmed. the question is now on the nomination of ramon