Roll Call Vote #503 · 117th Congress · Session 1 · Dec 16, 2021, 5:08 PM (ET)
On the Nomination PN1057 (PN 1057)
R. Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
Nomination Confirmed (75-18)
75 Yea
18 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 29 senators
17 Yea / 8 Nay
4 not voting or present
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 -
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 -
James Inhofe (Republican–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Roger Marshall (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tim Scott (Republican–SC) 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 75
- Tammy Baldwin
- John Barrasso
- 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)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Chris Coons (DE)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Steve Daines (MT)
- Tammy Duckworth
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley
- Maggie Hassan
- Martin Heinrich
- John Hickenlooper (CO)
- Mazie Hirono
- Tim Kaine
- Mark Kelly
- John Kennedy
- Angus King
- Amy Klobuchar
- 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)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Mitt Romney (UT)
- Jacky Rosen
- Bernie Sanders
- Benjamin Sasse (NE)
- Brian Schatz
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Kyrsten Sinema (AZ)
- Tina Smith (MN)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Dan Sullivan (AK)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis (NC)
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Chris Van Hollen
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Raphael Warnock
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
- Todd Young
Nay 18
- Marsha Blackburn
- John Boozman
- Mike Braun (IN)
- Tom Cotton (AR)
- Bill Hagerty (TN)
- Josh Hawley
- John Hoeven
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Lankford
- Mike Lee
- Roger Marshall (KS)
- Rand Paul
- Marco Rubio
- Rick Scott
- Tim Scott (SC)
- Tommy Tuberville (AL)
- Roger Wicker
Not Voting 7
- Bill Cassidy (LA)
- Kevin Cramer
- Joni Ernst (IA)
- Deb Fischer
- Ron Johnson
- Cynthia Lummis (WY)
- Mike Rounds (SD)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).