Senate roll call 440 · 119th Congress · Jul 28, 2025
Earl Matthews, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense
On Jul 28, 2025, the Senate voted 50–45 on “On the Cloture Motion” (PN 2217). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Republicans 50–0, Democrats 0–43, Independents 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 119th Congress (2025–2026), Donald Trump was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Cloture Motion Agreed to
- Yes
- 50
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Jul 28, 2025
By party
- Republicans50 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 43 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Ashley Brooke Moody 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
- James E. Banks 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
- 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
- Timothy Patrick Sheehy 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
- Bernardo (Bernie) Moreno R-OH
- Jon Allen Husted R-OH
- James Lankford R-OK
- Markwayne Mullin R-OK
- David Harold Mccormick R-PA
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Tim Scott R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds R-SD
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- William Francis (Bill) Hagerty R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz R-TX
- John R. Curtis R-UT
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- James Conley Justice II R-WV
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Mark Edward Kelly D-AZ
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Alejandro (Alex) Padilla 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
- Lisa Blunt Rochester 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
- Angela Deneece Alsobrooks D-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Angus Stanley King Jr. I-ME
- Elissa Slotkin D-MI
- Gary C. Peters D-MI
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Tina Smith D-MN
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Margaret Wood (Maggie) Hassan D-NH
- Andy Kim D-NJ
- Cory Anthony Booker 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
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- John Karl Fetterman 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
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Did not vote
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Ruben Gallego D-AZ
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- Thomas Roland (Thom) Tillis R-NC
- James David Vance R-OH
- Alan Armstrong R-OK
- Darline Graham R-SC
- Peter Welch D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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