Senate roll call 465 · 117th Congress · Nov 4, 2021
Robert Luis Santos, of Texas, to be Director of the Census for a term expiring December 31, 2026
On Nov 4, 2021, the Senate voted 58–35 on “On the Nomination” (PN 367). Result: Nomination Confirmed. By party: Democrats 47–0, Republicans 10–35, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 117th Congress (2021–2022), Joe Biden was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Result
- Nomination Confirmed
- Yes
- 58
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Nov 4, 2021
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 35 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats47 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK voted yes
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
- Roy Blunt R-MO voted yes
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA voted yes
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted yes
- John Cornyn R-TX voted yes
- Willard Mitt (Mitt) Romney R-UT voted yes
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Kyrsten Sinema D-AZ
- Mark Edward Kelly D-AZ
- Alejandro (Alex) Padilla D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- John Wright Hickenlooper D-CO
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Thomas Jonathan (Jon) Ossoff D-GA
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Angus Stanley King Jr. I-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Gary C. Peters D-MI
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Tina Smith D-MN
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Margaret Wood (Maggie) Hassan D-NH
- Cory Anthony Booker D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Ben Ray Luján D-NM
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
- Catherine Marie Cortez Masto D-NV
- Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Willard Mitt (Mitt) Romney R-UT
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Timothy Michael (Tim) Kaine D-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Joe Manchin III D-WV
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Daniel Scott Sullivan R-AK
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Thomas Hawley (Tommy) Tuberville R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- Thomas Bryant (Tom) Cotton R-AR
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Richard Lynn (Rick) Scott R-FL
- Joni Ernst R-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Michael Braun R-IN
- Todd Young R-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Roger Wayne Marshall R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Rand Paul R-KY
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- John Neely Kennedy R-LA
- Joshua David Hawley R-MO
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Steve Daines R-MT
- Thomas Roland (Thom) Tillis R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Benjamin Eric Sasse R-NE
- Debra (Deb) Fischer R-NE
- James Lankford R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Tim Scott R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- William Francis (Bill) Hagerty R-TN
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
Did not vote
- Kamala Devi Harris D-CA
- Kelly Loeffler R-GA
- Raphael Gamaliel Warnock D-GA
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds R-SD
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz R-TX
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Ron Johnson R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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