Senate roll call 484 · 112th Congress · Dec 30, 2012
William Joseph Baer, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General
On Dec 30, 2012, the Senate voted 64–26 on “On the Nomination” (PN 1354). Result: Nomination Confirmed. By party: Democrats 49–0, Republicans 14–26, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 112th Congress (2011–2012), Barack Obama was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Result
- Nomination Confirmed
- Yes
- 64
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Dec 30, 2012
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 26 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats49 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- Jerry Moran R-KS voted yes
- Rand Paul R-KY voted yes
- Scott P. Brown R-MA voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
- Kelly Ayotte R-NH voted yes
- Dean Heller R-NV voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA voted yes
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted yes
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN voted yes
- Mike Lee R-UT voted yes
- Ron Johnson R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Mark Begich D-AK
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Mark Udall D-CO
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Rand Paul R-KY
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Scott P. Brown R-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Al Franken D-MN
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kay Hagan D-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Kelly Ayotte R-NH
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Dean Heller R-NV
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
- Mike Lee R-UT
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- Joe Manchin III D-WV
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- David Vitter R-LA
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- John Thune R-SD
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Mike Johanns R-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- James W. Demint R-SC
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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