Roll Call Vote #208 · 115th Congress · Session 1 · Sep 28, 2017, 1:49 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion PN89 (PN 89)
Ajit Varadaraj Pai, of Kansas, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2016
Cloture Motion Agreed to (55-41)
55 Yea
41 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 52 senators
49 Yea / 0 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 46 senators
6 Yea / 39 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 2 senators
0 Yea / 2 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Tom Carper (Democrat–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Chris Coons (Democrat–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joe Manchin, III (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Claire McCaskill (Democrat–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Gary Peters (Democrat–MI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jon Tester (Democrat–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 55
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman (AR)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Shelley Capito (WV)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bill Cassidy (LA)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Chris Coons (DE)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Tom Cotton (AR)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- Ted Cruz (TX)
- Steve Daines (MT)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Joni Ernst (IA)
- Deb Fischer (NE)
- Jeff Flake (AZ)
- Cory Gardner (CO)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven (ND)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Ron Johnson (WI)
- John Kennedy (LA)
- James Lankford (OK)
- Mike Lee (UT)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Jerry Moran (KS)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Rand Paul (KY)
- David Perdue, Jr. (GA)
- Gary Peters (MI)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Mike Rounds (SD)
- Marco Rubio (FL)
- Ben Sasse (NE)
- Tim Scott (SC)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Dan Sullivan (AK)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- John Thune (SD)
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
- Todd Young (IN)
Nay 41
- Tammy Baldwin (WI)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (CT)
- Cory Booker (NJ)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
- Joe Donnelly (IN)
- Tammy Duckworth (IL)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Kamala Harris (CA)
- Maggie Hassan (NH)
- Martin Heinrich (NM)
- Heidi Heitkamp (ND)
- Mazie Hirono (HI)
- Tim Kaine (VA)
- Angus King (ME)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Ed Markey (MA)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Chris Murphy (CT)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Brian Schatz (HI)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Chris Van Hollen (MD)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Elizabeth Warren (MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 4
- William Cochran (MS)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Luther Strange, III (AL)
- Thom Tillis (NC)
Other Votes on PN 89
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Vote #209 On the Nomination PN89Nomination Confirmed (52-41) Oct 2, 2017
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).