Roll Call Vote #112 · 117th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 9, 2021, 6:18 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion PN78-7 (PN 78-7)
Merrick Brian Garland, of Maryland, to be Attorney General
Cloture Motion Agreed to (70-29)
70 Yea
29 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 29 senators
15 Yea / 14 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 23 senators
23 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Mike Braun (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Cotton (Republican–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Steve Daines (Republican–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bill Hagerty (Republican–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Cynthia Lummis (Republican–WY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Roger Marshall (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jim Risch (Republican–ID) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Benjamin Sasse (Republican–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tim Scott (Republican–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dan Sullivan (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Patrick Toomey (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tommy Tuberville (Republican–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 70
- Tammy Baldwin
- Michael Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- Cory Booker (NJ)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell
- Shelley Capito (WV)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Bill Cassidy (LA)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Chris Coons (DE)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Tammy Duckworth
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Joni Ernst (IA)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley
- Maggie Hassan
- Martin Heinrich
- John Hickenlooper (CO)
- Mazie Hirono
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- Mark Kelly
- Angus King
- Amy Klobuchar
- James Lankford
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Ben Luján (NM)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Ed Markey (MA)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Chris Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Jon Ossoff (GA)
- Alex Padilla
- Gary Peters (MI)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Mitt Romney (UT)
- Jacky Rosen
- Mike Rounds (SD)
- Bernie Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Kyrsten Sinema (AZ)
- Tina Smith (MN)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis (NC)
- Chris Van Hollen
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Raphael Warnock
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 29
- John Barrasso
- Marsha Blackburn
- John Boozman
- Mike Braun (IN)
- Tom Cotton (AR)
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Steve Daines (MT)
- Deb Fischer
- Bill Hagerty (TN)
- Josh Hawley
- John Hoeven
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS)
- John Kennedy
- Mike Lee
- Cynthia Lummis (WY)
- Roger Marshall (KS)
- Rand Paul
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Marco Rubio
- Benjamin Sasse (NE)
- Rick Scott
- Tim Scott (SC)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Dan Sullivan (AK)
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Tommy Tuberville (AL)
- Roger Wicker
- Todd Young
Not Voting 1
Other Votes on PN 78-7
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Vote #114 On the Nomination PN78-7Nomination Confirmed (70-30) Mar 10, 2021
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).