Roll Call Vote #359 · 117th Congress · Session 1 · Sep 13, 2021, 5:40 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion PN127 (PN 127)
James Richard Kvaal, of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary of Education
Cloture Motion Agreed to (55-37)
55 Yea
37 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 50 senators
9 Yea / 37 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 48 senators
44 Yea / 0 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 2 senators
2 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Roy Blunt (Republican–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Burr (Republican–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Shelley Capito (Republican–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bill Cassidy (Republican–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Lindsey Graham (Republican–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Roger Marshall (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mitt Romney (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Tim Scott (Republican–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 55
- Tammy Baldwin (WI)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (CT)
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Shelley Capito (WV)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Bill Cassidy (LA)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Chris Coons (DE)
- Tammy Duckworth (IL)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Maggie Hassan (NH)
- Martin Heinrich (NM)
- John Hickenlooper (CO)
- Mazie Hirono (HI)
- Tim Kaine (VA)
- Mark Kelly (AZ)
- Angus King (ME)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Ben Luján (NM)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Ed Markey (MA)
- Roger Marshall (KS)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Chris Murphy (CT)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jon Ossoff (GA)
- Gary Peters (MI)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Mitt Romney (UT)
- Jacky Rosen (NV)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Tim Scott (SC)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Kyrsten Sinema (AZ)
- Tina Smith (MN)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- Chris Van Hollen (MD)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Raphael Warnock (GA)
- Elizabeth Warren (MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 37
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Marsha Blackburn (TN)
- John Boozman (AR)
- Tom Cotton (AR)
- Kevin Cramer (ND)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- Ted Cruz (TX)
- Steve Daines (MT)
- Joni Ernst (IA)
- Deb Fischer (NE)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Bill Hagerty (TN)
- Josh Hawley (MO)
- John Hoeven (ND)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Ron Johnson (WI)
- John Kennedy (LA)
- James Lankford (OK)
- Mike Lee (UT)
- Cynthia Lummis (WY)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Jerry Moran (KS)
- Rand Paul (KY)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Marco Rubio (FL)
- Ben Sasse (NE)
- Rick Scott (FL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Dan Sullivan (AK)
- John Thune (SD)
- Thom Tillis (NC)
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Tommy Tuberville (AL)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
- Todd Young (IN)
Not Voting 8
- Cory Booker (NJ)
- Mike Braun (IN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Alex Padilla (CA)
- Mike Rounds (SD)
- Brian Schatz (HI)
Other Votes on PN 127
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Vote #360 On the Nomination PN127Nomination Confirmed (58-37) Sep 14, 2021
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).