Gale Ann Norton, of Colorado, to be Secretary of the Interior

On Jan 30, 2001, the Senate voted 75–24 on “On the Nomination” (PN 96). Result: Nomination Confirmed. By party: Republicans 50–0, Democrats 25–24. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 24 members voted against their own party.

During the 107th Congress (2001–2002), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held the House majority, while the Senate was split evenly.

Result: Nomination Confirmed
Yes: 75
No: 24
Did not vote: 3
Date: Jan 30, 2001

By party

Republicans50 yes · 0 no
Democrats25 yes · 24 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Barbara Boxer D-CA voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
Evan Bayh D-IN voted no
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
Carl Levin D-MI voted no
Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted no
Mark Dayton D-MN voted no
Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
John Edwards D-NC voted no
Jon Stevens Corzine D-NJ voted no
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted no
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY voted no
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted no
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted no
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
Zell Bryan Miller D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
Jean Carnahan D-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Jesse Helms R-NC
Kent Conrad D-ND
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
John Eric Ensign R-NV
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Arlen Specter R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
George Allen R-VA
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
Patty Murray D-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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