the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, julie rebecca rubin of maryland to be united states district judge for the district of maryland. mr. cardin: 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: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, the yeas are 51, the nays are 46, and 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 on the senate's actions. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the junior senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: there's a lot going on in the world right now -- ukraine, what's happening in china, what's happening with iran nuclear conversation right now, with russia, the united states and chinese. -- and china. record inflation here in the united states. so much going on that i'm concerned that we're noting also focused on an area at our southwest border. it's interesting, i

the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of julie rebecca rubin of maryland to be united states district judge for the district of maryland shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 52, the nays 45. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: could we have some order, please. so, this vote took a long time. we don't want -- if the others take that amount of time, we're going to be here until very late, because we're going to get this done. i hope that everyone will, now that we're on the second vote, hang close. i ask unanimous consent that at remaining votes tops be ten-minute -- tonight be ten-minute votes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. schumer: let me reiterate. please stay on or near the floor while we do the votes so we can get this done quickly. thank you. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will report th