Senate roll call 478 · 115th Congress · Jul 11, 2018
Paul C. Ney, Jr., of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense
On Jul 11, 2018, the Senate voted 74–25 on “On the Cloture Motion” (PN 1438). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Republicans 47–3, Democrats 26–21, Independents 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 24 members voted against their own party.
During the 115th Congress (2017–2018), Donald Trump was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Cloture Motion Agreed to
- Yes
- 74
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Jul 11, 2018
By party
- Republicans47 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 21 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Daniel Scott Sullivan R-AK voted no
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
- Kamala Devi Harris D-CA voted no
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT voted no
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI voted no
- Mazie Hirono D-HI voted no
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL voted no
- Rand Paul R-KY voted no
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA voted no
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted no
- Gary C. Peters D-MI voted no
- Cory Anthony Booker D-NJ voted no
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
- Catherine Marie Cortez Masto D-NV voted no
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY voted no
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted no
- Jeff Merkley D-OR voted no
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted no
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA voted no
- Mike Lee R-UT voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Gordon Douglas (Doug) Jones D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- Thomas Bryant (Tom) Cotton R-AR
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- Cory Gardner R-CO
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- David Alfred Perdue Jr. R-GA
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Joni Ernst R-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Joe Donnelly D-IN
- Todd Young R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- John Neely Kennedy R-LA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Angus Stanley King Jr. I-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Tina Smith D-MN
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Steve Daines R-MT
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Thomas Roland (Thom) Tillis R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Mary Kathryn (Heidi) Heitkamp D-ND
- Benjamin Eric Sasse R-NE
- Debra (Deb) Fischer R-NE
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Margaret Wood (Maggie) Hassan D-NH
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Dean Heller R-NV
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- James Lankford R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Tim Scott R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds R-SD
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Timothy Michael (Tim) Kaine D-VA
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- Joe Manchin III D-WV
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Daniel Scott Sullivan R-AK
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Kamala Devi Harris D-CA
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Rand Paul R-KY
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Gary C. Peters D-MI
- Cory Anthony Booker D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Catherine Marie Cortez Masto D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
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