Roll Call Vote #58 · 115th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 7, 2017, 9:06 PM (ET)
On the Motion (Shall the Senator be Permitted to Proceed in Order?) (PN 30)
Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General
Motion Rejected (43-50)
43 Yea
50 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 20 senators
0 Yea / 19 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 11 senators
10 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
No senators voted against their party's majority on this vote.
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 43
- Tammy Baldwin
- Michael Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cory Booker
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Bob Casey
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Joe Donnelly (IN)
- Tammy Duckworth
- Dick Durbin
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Kamala Harris
- Maggie Hassan
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp (ND)
- Mazie Hirono
- Tim Kaine
- Angus King
- Amy Klobuchar
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Ed Markey
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Chris Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Gary Peters
- Jack Reed
- Brian Schatz
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Chris Van Hollen
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 50
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Shelley Capito
- Bill Cassidy
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Tom Cotton
- Mike Crapo
- Steve Daines
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Joni Ernst
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake (AZ)
- Cory Gardner (CO)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Ron Johnson
- John Kennedy
- James Lankford
- Mike Lee
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- David Perdue, Jr. (GA)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Mike Rounds
- Marco Rubio
- Benjamin Sasse (NE)
- Tim Scott
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Dan Sullivan
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Roger Wicker
- Todd Young
Not Voting 7
Other Votes on PN 30
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Vote #44 On the Motion to Proceed PN30Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-45) Feb 2, 2017
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Vote #45 On the Motion to Proceed PN30Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-47) Feb 2, 2017
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Vote #55 On the Cloture Motion PN30Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-47) Feb 7, 2017
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Vote #56 On the Motion for Attendance PN30Motion for Attendance Agreed to (88-3) Feb 7, 2017
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Vote #57 On the Decision of the Chair PN30Decision of Chair Sustained (49-43) Feb 7, 2017
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Vote #59 On the Nomination PN30Nomination Confirmed (52-47) Feb 8, 2017
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).