Roll Call Vote #306 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Oct 6, 2009, 12:14 PM (ET)
On the Nomination PN261 (PN 261)
Thomas E. Perez, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General
Nomination Confirmed (72-22)
72 Yea
22 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 41 senators
38 Yea / 0 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 29 senators
12 Yea / 16 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Crossed Party Lines
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Lamar Alexander (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kit Bond (Republican–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Corker (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Judd Gregg (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mike Johanns (Republican–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jon Kyl (Republican–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
George LeMieux (Republican–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) 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 72
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Paul Kirk, Jr. (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- George LeMieux (FL)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Tom Udall (NM)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 22
- John Barrasso
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker
Not Voting 6
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Bernie Sanders
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Mark Udall (CO)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).