US Senate confirms Obama nominee, former ACLU staff attorney, to US District Court

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Edward Milton Chen, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California
58 Years Old

More than 600 days after President Obama first nominated him, Oakland native and Marin County resident Edward Chen was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to a seat on Northern California's federal bench Tuesday.

The vote was 56-42. Four Republicans -- Scott Brown, R-Mass.; Susan Collins, R-Maine; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine -- joined Democrats in supporting Chen.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/bay-area-news/ci_18034951

XML U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 112th Congress - 1st Session
Vote Summary

Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation Edward Milton Chen, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California )
Vote Number: 68 Vote Date: May 10, 2011, 05:16 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Nomination Confirmed
Vote Counts:
Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---56
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Begich (D-AK)
Bennet (D-CO)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Brown (R-MA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Coons (D-DE)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Hagan (D-NC)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Manchin (D-WV)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---42
Alexander (R-TN)
Ayotte (R-NH)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coats (R-IN)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heller (R-NV)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kirk (R-IL)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lee (R-UT)
Lugar (R-IN)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Wicker (R-MS)
Not Voting - 2
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Vitter (R-LA)

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00068

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1. How did they get him past cloture?

They first needed 60 for cloture, but only 56 voted for the actual confirmation.

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3. Looks like the GOP didn't filibuster this one

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2. The Republicans that Teabaggers hate:

Snowe, Collins, Brown, and Murkowski.