Senate roll call 579 · 117th Congress · Feb 9, 2022
Samuel R. Bagenstos, of Michigan, to be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services
On Feb 9, 2022, the Senate voted 48–47 on “On the Motion to Discharge” (PN 1026). Result: Motion to Discharge Agreed to. By party: Republicans 0–47, Democrats 46–0, Independents 2–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 117th Congress (2021–2022), Joe Biden was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Result
- Motion to Discharge Agreed to
- Yes
- 48
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Feb 9, 2022
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 47 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- 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
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Gary C. Peters D-MI
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Tina Smith D-MN
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Margaret Wood (Maggie) Hassan D-NH
- Cory Anthony Booker D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Catherine Marie Cortez Masto D-NV
- Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen 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
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Daniel Scott Sullivan R-AK
- Lisa Murkowski 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
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- 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
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Joshua David Hawley R-MO
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Steve Daines R-MT
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Thomas Roland (Thom) Tillis R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Benjamin Eric Sasse R-NE
- Debra (Deb) Fischer R-NE
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- James Lankford R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Tim Scott R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- William Francis (Bill) Hagerty R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz R-TX
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Willard Mitt (Mitt) Romney R-UT
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
Did not vote
- Kamala Devi Harris D-CA
- Kelly Loeffler R-GA
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Ben Ray Luján D-NM
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
- Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds R-SD
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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