rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of paul g. byron of florida to be united states district judge for the middle district of florida, signed by 17 senators. mr. reid: i ask consent the mandatory quorum be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: you move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 780. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the

the clerk: nominations: paul g. byron of florida to be united states district judge for the middle district. carlos eduardo mendoza of florida to be united states district judge for the middle district. beth bloom of florida to be united states district judge for the southern district. geoffrey w. crawford of vermont to be united states district judge. the presiding officer: we are now in two minutes debate prior to the byron nomination. the senator from florida. mr. nelson: mr. president, i yield back all time. i ask unanimous consent to yield back all time. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president, 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: the presiding officer: any senator wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the ayes are 94, the nays are zero. and the nomination is confirmed. there are now two equally divided prior to a vote on the mendoza nomination. a senator: mr. presid

paul g. byron of florida to be united states district judge. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to the cloture vote on the mendoza nomination. without objection, all time is yielded back. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rile 2269 standing rules was senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of carlos eduardo mendoza of florida to be united states district judge for the middle district of florida. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of carlos eduardo mendoza of florida to be united states district judge for the middle district of florida, 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: are th