i know judge estudillo will do exactly that. he will be an exceptional federal district court judge for the western district of washington, and i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting his nomination. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 58, the nays are 37. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the 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 252, david g. estudillo of washington to be united states district jud

tomorrow, we will move the nominations of david estudillo to be district judge of the western district of washington, angel kelly to serve as district judge for the district of massachusetts, and the senate will also begin consideration of monica rossman to be the circuit judge of the tenth circuit. on the legislative front, the senate will pick up exactly where we left off last month. we will continue our fight to preserve voting rights for millions of americans. and of course we will continue to -- continue working to pass president biden's build back better agenda and set our country on a path to prosperity for decades to come. at the end of the last work period, the senate took two important steps to achieving that goal. first, we passed the bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill that will make historic investments in our nation's physical infrastructure. second, senate democrats came together to pass a budget resolution with reconciliation instructions that will clear the way to pass a reconciliation bill with historic and transformative investments in american jobs, american

that if cloture is invoked all postcloture on the estudillo nomination is expired. that time on the kelley nomination be expired and motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection,so ordered. mr. schumer: for the information of senators, there will be two roll call votes at 11:30 a.m., two roll call votes at 2:20 p.m., two roll call votes at 5:30 p.m. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate has adjourned until senate has adjourned until in the senate gaveling out for the day. on the nomination of james to be under secretary of education for this week work on several judicial nomination and legislation concerning election reform and voting rights. when the senate returns you can watch live coverage here on cspan2. c-span is your unfiltered view of government funded by these television companies and more including char

i urge my colleagues to support judge estudillo's nomination. i thank the president, and i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: ms. cantwell: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. ms. cantwell: i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. caps can't madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. ms. cantwell: 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: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 54. the nays are 41. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. the clerk will report the motion to up voke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing