justice cecchi's community spirit is pronounced in her activities. she volunteered for the junior league, orphans, with aids, human needs, food pantry and salvation army to name just a few. she graduated from fordham university law school, graduated cum laude from barnard college at columbia university. before being appointed to the bench she was a partner at two new jersey law firms and was an assistant corporation counsel for the city of new york. like judge cecchi, judge salas earned the respect and admiration of new jersey's legal community. first as an accomplished litigator and for the past five years as a united states magistrate judge. and she's going to be the first latina in new jersey to serve as a magistrate judge. she was the first latina, i should say. and in a newspaper profile a few years ago judge salas recalled how when she was ten years old her family lost everything in a fire in the apartment building where they lived. the judge's mother said to her -- and i quote it as she gave it to us -- "things are going to be fine. we've gott

the question is on the cecchi nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: has every member voted? does any member wish to change his or her vote in the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the the question is on the salas nomination. if there is no further debate, all knows in favor say aye. all those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have t the ayes do have it. the nomination is confidence. the majority leader. mr. reid: notwithstanding the previous order, i ask unanimous consent -- has the bill been reported, mr. president? the presiding officer: and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions and the senate -- the majority leader? mr. reid: mr. president, notwithstanding the previous order, i ask unanimous consent that there be five minutes of debate equally divided and controlled between the proponents and opponents of the coburn amendment number 436 as modified prior to a cloture vote on the coburn amendment. the presiding officer: is there obj

president, tomorrow at noon there will be up to two roll call votes in relation to the cecchi and salas nominations. at 2:15 p.m., there will be a roll call vote on the cloture motion that senator coburn filed on his ethanol amendment. if there is no further business before the senate, i ask that it adjourn under the previous order following the remarks of senator thune who will speak as if in debate and debate only. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i didn't realize senator coburn was here. just so we will have some rough idea, could i ask senator thune how long you wish to speak? mr. thune: 10 minutes. mr. reid: so we'll say 10 minutes. senator coburn? another 10 minutes? so that would be the order that senator coburn be recognized following the 10-minute remarks of senator thune for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: for debate only, and we have already made that clear. i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from south