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Roll Call Vote #56 · 114th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 12, 2015, 2:07 PM (ET)

On the Nomination PN1 (PN 1)

Ashton B. Carter, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Defense

Nomination Confirmed (93-5)
93 Yea
5 Nay
← Vote #55 Vote #57 →

How the Parties Voted

Republican 24 senators

22 Yea / 2 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Democrat 14 senators

13 Yea / 0 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Independent 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 93

Nay 5

Not Voting 2

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).