Roll Call Vote #55 · 117th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 8, 2021, 5:32 PM (ET)
On the Nomination PN78-14 (PN 78-14)
Denis Richard McDonough, of Maryland, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Nomination Confirmed (87-7)
87 Yea
7 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 29 senators
22 Yea / 4 Nay
3 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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Tom Cotton (Republican–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Joni Ernst (Republican–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bill Hagerty (Republican–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Roger Marshall (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 87
- Tammy Baldwin
- Michael Bennet
- Marsha Blackburn
- Richard Blumenthal
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- Cory Booker (NJ)
- John Boozman
- Mike Braun (IN)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- 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
- Kevin Cramer
- Mike Crapo
- Steve Daines (MT)
- Tammy Duckworth
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Deb Fischer
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley
- Maggie Hassan
- Martin Heinrich
- John Hickenlooper (CO)
- Mazie Hirono
- John Hoeven
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS)
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- Mark Kelly
- John Kennedy
- Angus King
- Amy Klobuchar
- James Lankford
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Mike Lee
- Ben Luján (NM)
- Cynthia Lummis (WY)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Ed Markey (MA)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- 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
- Mike Rounds (SD)
- Marco Rubio
- Bernie Sanders
- Benjamin Sasse (NE)
- Brian Schatz
- Chuck Schumer
- Tim Scott (SC)
- 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)
- Tommy Tuberville (AL)
- Chris Van Hollen
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Raphael Warnock
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger Wicker
- Ron Wyden
- Todd Young
Nay 7
- Tom Cotton (AR)
- Ted Cruz
- Joni Ernst (IA)
- Bill Hagerty (TN)
- Josh Hawley
- Roger Marshall (KS)
- Rick Scott
Not Voting 6
- John Barrasso
- Richard Burr (NC)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Jerry Moran
- Rand Paul
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).