the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, arianna j. freeman, to be united states district judge. mr. schumer: i move to reconsider the vote by which calendar number 333 was not confirmed. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to reconsider. all those opposed say no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. the question occurs on the confirmation upon reconsideration. mr. schumer: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: map vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 47. upon reconsideration, the nomination is confirmed. the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that at senate resume legislative session. , oh, mr. president, i also ask unanimous consent that for any nominations confirmed during today's session of the senate, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president be immediately n

arianna j. freeman of pennsylvania to be united states circuit judge for the third circuit. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to otodesk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. 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, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rust of the senate, move to bring to a close debate on arianna j. freeman of pennsylvania to be united states circuit judge for the third circuit signed by 17 senators as follow -- mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 986. the presiding officer: question is on t

the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, arianna j. freeman, of pennsylvania, to be united states circuit judge for the third circuit. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the other thing was a jury duty. a lot of people don't want to register and vote. because a jury duty. i think that should be an option. option. you want to serve jury duty are not? i don't know why they don't want to get involved but that's our problem in america. we don't have the education. we need some training. people like you and of the people, let's get some money and put it on tv and make it a 24 hour show. you you could have history, social studies, all the amendments, everything. keep it up you're doing great. >> host: before you go i have to say there is a program on c-span's american history tv on c-span2 saturday mornings at 8 a.m. it's called lectures in history and we set up cameras and a back of a college, university professors classroom in film history lecture. >> caller: i have s

after judge mendoza's confirmed, we'll turn to the nomination of arianna j. freemans circuit judge for the third circuit. she'd be the fourth circuit judge nominee we'd consider since the beginning of this work period alone. let me say that again. we're going to begin considering the fourth circuit court nominee since we returned from the august state work period. i said judges would be a priority, and this is what that looks like. and it's my intention, as majority leader, to keep the senate focused on judges this week and beyond. our fundamental rights and our democracy itself depend on it. now, on marriage, off the senate floor my colleagues continue to have good conversations on very important legislation to codify marriage equality into law. far from being a theoretical exercise, codifying marriage equality would have a dramatic, long-term impact on millions of people. at a time when our rights are under siege, it would be a much-needed shield for scores of americans at risk of discrimination simply because of who they love. for many of sus in this chamber, myse