bold, and important step on the well trodden path to fulfilling our countries founding promises. this is a great moment for judge jackson but it is even -- and even greater moment for america as we rise to a more perfect union. i think my colleagues that yield the floor. >> under the previous order, all post time has expired. the question occurs on the nomination of ketanji brown jackson of the district of columbia to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. >> i ask for the a's and nays. >> [laughter]

is there a sufficient second? there is an certainly appears to be a sufficient second. the clerk will call the role. >> ms. baldwin? >> ay. >> mr. barrasso? >> no. >> mr. bennet? >> mr. bennet, ay. >> mr. blunt? >> no. >> mr. blunt, no. mr. booker? >> yes. >> mr. boozman? >> no. >> mr. brown? >> no. >> ms. cantwell? >> ay. >> this is l?

>> ay. >> mr. casey? >> a wine. >> mr. cassidy? >> ay. >> mr. coons? >> ay. >> mr. cornyn? >> no. >> mr. kotten? >> no. >> mr. crapo? >> no. >> mr. cruz? >> no. >> mr. daines? >> no. >> mr. duckworth? >> ay. >> mr. durbin? >> a.

y >> with this feinstein? >> ay. >> misses julie brand? >> ay. >> senator grassley? >> no. >> senator hagerty? >> no. >> mr. hawley? >> no. >> senator heinrichs? >> no. >> senator hickenlooper? >> ay. >> senator hirono? >> ay. >> senator highsmith?

-- senator johnson? >> no. >> senator kaine? >> ay. >> senator kennedy? >> no. >> senator kennedy? -- senator king? >> no. senator lankford? >> no. >> centre leh keen? >> no. >> senator lee? >> no. >> senator loomis? >> no. >> senator manchin? >> ay. >> senator markey?

>> centre o'connell? -- senator mcconnell? >> no. >> senator menendez? >> ay. >> senator merkley? senator moran voted in the negative. >> senator murkowski? >> ay. >> senator murray? >> ay. >> center asked self? senator padilla? >> ay. >> senator paul? senator peters? >> ay. >> mr. reed?

>> ay. >> mr. rich? no. mr. romney? mr. romney, no. mr. rounds? mr. rounds, no. mr. rubio? mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders? mr. sanders, ay. mr. schatz? mr. schatz, ay. mr. schumer? mr. schumer, ay. mr. scott of florida? no. mr. scott of south carolina? no. mr. shaheen? ay. mr. shelby? mr. shelby, no.

mr. cinema -- ms. sinema? ay. misstep now? ms. stabenow, ay. mr. chester? mr. thune? no. mr. tillis? mr. tillis, no. mr. toomey? mr. toomey, no. mr. van hollen? >> ay. >> mr. warner? mr. warner, i. -- ay. ms. warren? ms. warren, i. mr. wicker?

no. mr. wyden? mr. wyden, ay. wister young? mr. young, no. minister graham? no. >> having secured the majority for confirmation, the senate volunteered for about 15 minutes to allow senator rand paul to register his vote. >> mr. paul?

mr. paul, no. >> on this boat, -- vote, the

ays are 53, the nace are 47. this nomination is confirmed. >> [applause] >> under the previous order, the

motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will immediately be notified of the senate's actions. >> madam president, very happily, i note the absence of a core of. >> [laughter] >> [no audio] -- [applause] >> the senate has confirmed ketanji brown jackson to be the first african-american woman to sit on the u.s. supreme court. here's a tweet from the white house showing the nominee and president biden watching the senate bill on c-span two. it reads "judge jackson's confirmation was a historic moment for our nation. we have taken another step forward. she will be an incredible justice and i was honored to share this moment with her." president biden, vice president

harris, and judge ketanji brown jackson will mark the historic nomination from the south lawn of the white house. live coverage begins this afternoon at 12:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> american history tv. saturdays on c-span2, exploring the people and events that tell the american story. at 11:00 a.m. eastern, university professor benjamin wessel on the life and political career of theodore roosevelt. his right to your politics, his presidency and his first presidency international expiration. at 2:00 p.m. eastern, onto the presidency. part six of our eight part series, first ladies in their own words. we'll look at the role of the first lady, their time in the white house, and the issues important to them. this week we feature laura bush. >> sometimes first ladies are trivialized.

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