Roll Call Vote #172 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Apr 28, 2009, 5:37 PM (ET)
On the Nomination PN188 (PN 188)
Kathleen Sebelius, of Kansas, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services
Nomination Confirmed (65-31, 3/5 majority required)
65 Yea
31 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
54 Yea / 0 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 41 senators
9 Yea / 31 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 2 senators
2 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Kit Bond (Republican–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Sam Brownback (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Judd Gregg (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Pat Roberts (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
George Voinovich (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 65
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 31
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Not Voting 3
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).