mr. cogburn and his family on this important lifetime appointment and his willingness to continue in public service. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. mr. ensign: i ask that the quorum call being dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. ensign: i ask that all tienl yielded back and the vote start. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. ensign: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: any senators wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, confirmation of max oliver cogburn jr. is confirmed 96-0. under the previous order the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. the president shall be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate shall resume legislative senate. mr. reid: i ask unanimous conse

mr. reid: there will be a vote on the confirmation of the cogburn nomination at 3:00 p.m. the senate small business committee reported s. 493, the reauthorization act of 2011. they did that yesterday. we hope to begin consideration of that bill early next week. mr. president, it's time once again for us to get down to business. yesterday's budget votes didn't brings pwr*eu us any closer to -- didn't bring us any closer to a conclusion but it did bring one thing to our minds and it did that clearly. that lesson is this: one party alone cannot reach a resolution without the other party's consent. we sroetd on a -- voted on a republican proposal and the democratic proposal. neither vote came close to passing but the exercise wasn't in vain. we demonstrated publicly and on the record that we know that the answer lies somewhere in the middle. now it's time to find that answer and a budget that will reflect our values, keep the country running and create jobs. i can speak only for my caucus when i say we accept the lessons of yesterday's vote. we know we'll have to make a sacrifi

mr. reid: the senate will vote on the confirmation of max oliver cogburn to be a district judge for north carolina. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until >> live coverage of the senate when members return here on c-span2. npr ceo vivian schiller resigned today after comments were made. the video made public on tuesday shows her, no relation to the ceo, conspiracying groups with two groups posing an muslim contributors. the meeting was secretly filmed. journalist david, a pulitzer prize winner died this week. >> now that the senate rejected both the republican and the democratic versions of the fiscal year 2011 spending bill, members of the house and senate will need to reach agreement in order to keep the government funded after march 18. here's part of the senate debate from today. >> mr. president, the amendment i introduced on friday cost $51 billion from the discretionary spending requests submitted by the president for fy2011. if