Roll Call Vote #274 · 109th Congress · Session 2 · Dec 7, 2006, 5:47 PM (ET)
On the Nomination PN1396 (PN 1396)
Andrew von Eschenbach, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services
Nomination Confirmed (80-11)
80 Yea
11 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 46 senators
33 Yea / 9 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 37 senators
33 Yea / 1 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Sam Brownback (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James DeMint (Republican–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Inhofe (Republican–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Rick Santorum (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Talent (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Vitter (Republican–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
George Voinovich (Republican–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 80
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- John Thune
- Ron Wyden
Nay 11
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Chuck Grassley
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- James Talent (MO)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
Not Voting 9
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Lindsey Graham
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- John Warner (VA)
Other Votes on PN 1396
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Vote #273 On the Cloture Motion PN1396Cloture Motion Agreed to (89-6, 3/5 majority required) Dec 7, 2006
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).