On request by Mr. Reid and by unanimous consent, it was

Ordered, That at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, January 25, 2010, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of Rosanna Malouf Peterson, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, with the time until 6 p.m. equally divided and controlled between the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), or their designees; that at 6 p.m. the Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination; that, following the vote, a motion to reconsider be made and laid on the table; that no further motion be in order; that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action; and that the Senate then resume legislative session.

MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2010

EXECUTIVE SESSION

CONSIDERATION - PETERSON NOMINATION

Pursuant to an order of the Senate of January 22, 2010,

The Senate proceeded to executive session to consider the nomination of Rosanna Malouf Peterson, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington.

Following debate, and

YEAS AND NAYS ORDERED

On request by Mr. Reid and with a sufficient second, the yeas and ordered on the nomination.

nays were

VOTE - PETERSON NOMINATION

The question being, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Rosanna Malouf Peterson, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington?

The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll (No. 3 Ex.) and
The vote resulted - yeas 89, nays 0 - as follows:

Yeas: Akaka, Alexander, Barrasso, Baucus, Bayh, Begich, Bennet, Bingaman, Bond, Boxer, Brown, Bunning, Burris, Cantwell, Cardin, Carper, Casey, Chambliss, Coburn, Cochran, Collins, Conrad, Corker, Cornyn, Crapo, DeMint, Dodd, Dorgan, Durbin, Ensign, Enzi, Feingold, Feinstein, Franken, Gillibrand, Graham, Grassley, Gregg, Hagan, Harkin, Hatch, Isakson, Johanns, Johnson, Kaufman, Kerry, Kirk, Kohl, Kyl, Landrieu, Lautenberg, Leahy, LeMieux, Levin, Lieberman, Lincoln, Lugar, McCain, McCaskill, McConnell, Menendez, Merkley, Mikulski, Murray, Nelson (NE), Nelson (FL), Pryor, Reed, Reid, Risch, Rockefeller, Sanders, Schumer, Sessions, Shaheen, Shelby, Snowe, Specter, Stabenow, Tester, Thune, Udall (CO), Udall (NM), Vitter, Voinovich, Webb, Whitehouse, Wicker, Wyden – 89.

Nays: -0.

So it was,

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the said nomination.
Pursuant to an order of the Senate of January 22, 2010, it was

Ordered, That the motion to reconsider the vote be laid upon the table; that the President be immediately notified of the action of the Senate and that the Senate return to legislative session.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2010

As in executive session,

MESSAGES REFERRED

The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following messages from the President of the United States, transmitting nominations, which were referred as indicated:

THE WHITE HOUSE, January 26, 2010.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate

Elisabeth Ann Hagen, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety, vice Richard A. Raymond, resigned.

To the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate -

BARACK OBAMA

THE WHITE HOUSE, January 26, 2010.

The following-named Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service of the Department of Commerce for promotion within and into the Senior Foreign Service to the classes indicated:

Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister:
Karen L. Zens, of the District of Columbia

Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor:
David W. Fulton, of Virginia

Thomas E. Moore, of Virginia

Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor:

The following named officer for appointment in the United States Air Force to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624:

To be major general

Brig. Gen. Byron C. Hepburn

BARACK OBAMA

To the Committee on Armed Services.

THE WHITE HOUSE, January 26, 2010.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate

The following named officers for appointment to the grade indicated in the United States Army under title 10, U.S.C., section 624:

The following named officer for appointment to the grade indicated in the Reserve of the Air Force under title 10, U.S.C., section 12203:

To be colonel

David A. Nordstrand

BARACK OBAMA

To the Committee on Armed Services.

THE WHITE HOUSE, January 26, 2010.

To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate -

THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203:

THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203:

THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203:

To be colonel

CHARLES T. HUGUELET
ROBERT LEE

KENNETH B. MCKAY
MICHAEL E. SAVAGE

To the Committee on Armed Services.

BARACK OBAMA

THE WHITE HOUSE, January 26, 2010.

To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate -

THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203:

THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203:

THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203:

THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203:

THE WHITE HOUSE, January 26, 2010.

TARN M. ABELL

To be colonel

JOSEPH ALMODOVAR

The following named officer for appointment to the grade indicated in the Reserve of the Army under title 10, U.S.C., section 12203:

To be colonel