Senate roll call 55 · 117th Congress · Feb 8, 2021
Denis Richard McDonough, of Maryland, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs
On Feb 8, 2021, the Senate voted 87–7 on “On the Nomination” (PN 7814). Result: Nomination Confirmed. By party: Democrats 48–0, Republicans 37–7, Independents 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 7 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
- 87
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Feb 8, 2021
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 7 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats48 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Bryant (Tom) Cotton R-AR voted no
- Richard Lynn (Rick) Scott R-FL voted no
- Joni Ernst R-IA voted no
- Roger Wayne Marshall R-KS voted no
- Joshua David Hawley R-MO voted no
- William Francis (Bill) Hagerty R-TN voted no
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Daniel Scott Sullivan R-AK
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Thomas Hawley (Tommy) Tuberville R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- 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
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- 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
- Michael Braun R-IN
- Todd Young R-IN
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- 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
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Steve Daines R-MT
- Thomas Roland (Thom) Tillis R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Benjamin Eric Sasse R-NE
- Debra (Deb) Fischer 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
- James Lankford R-OK
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-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
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Mike Lee R-UT
- 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
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Joe Manchin III D-WV
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Kamala Devi Harris D-CA
- Kelly Loeffler R-GA
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Rand Paul R-KY
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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