Senate roll call 598 · 118th Congress · Sep 18, 2024
Margaret L. Taylor, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State
On Sep 18, 2024, the Senate voted 50–44 on “On the Nomination” (PN 1344). Result: Nomination Confirmed. By party: Democrats 46–0, Republicans 1–44, Independents 3–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 118th Congress (2023–2024), Joe Biden was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Result
- Nomination Confirmed
- Yes
- 50
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Sep 18, 2024
By party
- Republicans1 yes · 44 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents3 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Mark Edward Kelly D-AZ
- Alejandro (Alex) Padilla D-CA
- Laphonza Romanique Butler 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
- George S. Helmy 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
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- John Karl Fetterman D-PA
- 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
- Peter Welch D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Joe Manchin III I-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Daniel Scott Sullivan R-AK
- Katie Elizabeth Britt 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
- Eric Stephen Schmitt R-MO
- Joshua David Hawley R-MO
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Steve Daines R-MT
- Theodore Paul Budd R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Debra (Deb) Fischer R-NE
- John Peter (Pete) Ricketts R-NE
- James Lankford R-OK
- Markwayne Mullin R-OK
- 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
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
Did not vote
- Kyrsten Sinema I-AZ
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Thomas Roland (Thom) Tillis R-NC
- Andy Kim D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- James David Vance R-OH
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds R-SD
- Joe Manchin III D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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