11:03am The Senate began a 15 minute roll call vote on confirmation of
Executive Calendar #740 Salvador Mendoza, Jr., of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington;
Confirmed: 92-4.
The remaining votes in this series will be 10 minute votes.
Next:
- Confirmation of Executive Calendar #741 Staci Michelle Yandle, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois,
- Confirmation of Executive Calendar #778 Darrin P. Gayles, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida,
- Cloture on Executive Calendar #572 Peter Joseph Kadzik, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General. If cloture is invoked on the Kazik nomination, there would be up to 8 hours for debate equally divided prior to a vote on confirmation of the nomination.