Roll Call Vote #355 · 113th Congress · Session 2 · Dec 15, 2014, 5:32 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion PN1160 (PN 1160)
Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Massachusetts, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service for a term of four years
Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-43)
51 Yea
43 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 24 senators
1 Yea / 20 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 24 senators
21 Yea / 2 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Joe Donnelly (Democrat–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Heidi Heitkamp (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Kirk (Republican–IL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joe Manchin, III (Independent–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 51
- Tammy Baldwin
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cory Booker
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Chris Coons
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie Hirono
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Tim Kaine
- Angus King
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Ed Markey
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Chris Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- John Walsh (MT)
- Mark Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 43
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Joe Donnelly (IN)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake (AZ)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Heidi Heitkamp (ND)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Ron Johnson
- Mike Lee
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Tim Scott
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker
Not Voting 6
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Marco Rubio
Other Votes on PN 1160
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).