the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on nomination of executive calendar 681, georgette castnerf new jersey to be united states district judge for the district of new jersey, 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 move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: question on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the amp ye -- ayes have it. mr. schumer: i move to calendar 684. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. in the favor of the chair, the ayes have it. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, cristina d. silva of nevada to be united states district judge for the dirk of nevada. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. 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 nomina

the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of georgette castner of new jersey to be united states district judge for the district of new jersey shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: the years are 49. the nays are 46. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, georgette castner of new jersey to be united states district judge for the district of new jersey. the presiding officer: 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 684, christina d. silva of nevada to be united states district judge for the district of nevada. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sensn nomination of christina dell silva of

the clerk: georgette castner of new jersey to be united states district judge for the district of new jersey. the presiding officer: question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 52. the nays 47. 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 action. and the senate will resume legislative session. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: mr. president, i have an update on today's floor schedule. at 1:45 the senate was scetdualed to hold a procedural vote related to a shell legislative vehicle we could use to pass covid response funding. our republican colleagues have requested that we do not hold the cloture vote on the motion to proceed at the present. as we are getting close to a final agreement that would garner bipartisan support. we are working diligently to fina