Senate roll call 656 · 119th Congress · Dec 18, 2025
Joshua Simmons, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency
On Dec 18, 2025, the Senate voted 53–43 on “On the Cloture Motion” (PN 49911). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Republicans 53–0, Democrats 0–41, 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
- 53
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Dec 18, 2025
By party
- Republicans53 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 41 no · 4 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
- Lisa Murkowski 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
- 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
- Timothy Patrick Sheehy R-MT
- Theodore Paul Budd R-NC
- Thomas Roland (Thom) Tillis 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
- Ruben Gallego 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
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Edward John Markey 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
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Margaret Wood (Maggie) Hassan D-NH
- Andy Kim 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
- Peter Welch D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Did not vote
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA
- Tina Smith D-MN
- Cory Anthony Booker D-NJ
- James David Vance R-OH
- Alan Armstrong R-OK
- Darline Graham R-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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