Roll Call Vote #187 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · May 7, 2009, 1:59 PM (ET)
On the Nomination PN185 (PN 185)
R. Gil Kerlikowske, of Washington, to be Director of National Drug Control Policy
Nomination Confirmed (91-1)
91 Yea
1 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 40 senators
35 Yea / 0 Nay
5 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 29 senators
26 Yea / 1 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Thomas Coburn (Republican–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 91
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger Wicker
- Ron Wyden
Nay 1
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
Not Voting 7
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- David Vitter (LA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).