Senate roll call 503 · 117th Congress · Dec 16, 2021
R. Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
On Dec 16, 2021, the Senate voted 75–18 on “On the Nomination” (PN 1057). Result: Nomination Confirmed. By party: Democrats 48–0, Republicans 25–18, Independents 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 75
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Dec 16, 2021
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 18 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats48 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hawley (Tommy) Tuberville R-AL voted no
- John Boozman R-AR voted no
- Thomas Bryant (Tom) Cotton R-AR voted no
- Marco Rubio R-FL voted no
- Richard Lynn (Rick) Scott R-FL voted no
- Michael Braun R-IN voted no
- Roger Wayne Marshall R-KS voted no
- Rand Paul R-KY voted no
- Joshua David Hawley R-MO voted no
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS voted no
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted no
- John Hoeven R-ND voted no
- James Lankford R-OK voted no
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
- Tim Scott R-SC voted no
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN voted no
- William Francis (Bill) Hagerty R-TN voted no
- Mike Lee R-UT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Daniel Scott Sullivan R-AK
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- 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
- Raphael Gamaliel Warnock D-GA
- Thomas Jonathan (Jon) Ossoff D-GA
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Todd Young R-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- John Neely Kennedy R-LA
- 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
- Steve Daines R-MT
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Thomas Roland (Thom) Tillis R-NC
- Benjamin Eric Sasse R-NE
- 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 Thune R-SD
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz R-TX
- Willard Mitt (Mitt) Romney R-UT
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Timothy Michael (Tim) Kaine D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- 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
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Michael Braun R-IN
- Roger Wayne Marshall R-KS
- Rand Paul R-KY
- Joshua David Hawley R-MO
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- John Hoeven R-ND
- James Lankford R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Tim Scott R-SC
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- William Francis (Bill) Hagerty R-TN
- Mike Lee R-UT
Did not vote
- Kamala Devi Harris D-CA
- Kelly Loeffler R-GA
- Joni Ernst R-IA
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Debra (Deb) Fischer R-NE
- Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds R-SD
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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