Senate roll call 485 · 112th Congress · Dec 30, 2012
Carol J. Galante, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
On Dec 30, 2012, the Senate voted 69–24 on “On the Nomination” (PN 1064). Result: Nomination Confirmed. By party: Democrats 50–0, Republicans 18–24, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 69
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Dec 30, 2012
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 24 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats50 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK voted yes
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted yes
- Johnny Isakson R-GA voted yes
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- Scott P. Brown R-MA voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
- Roy Blunt R-MO voted yes
- Richard M. Burr R-NC voted yes
- John Hoeven R-ND voted yes
- Kelly Ayotte R-NH voted yes
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted yes
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted yes
- John Thune R-SD voted yes
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN voted yes
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX 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
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- 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
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- 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
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kay Hagan D-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- 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
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-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
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Rand Paul R-KY
- David Vitter R-LA
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Mike Johanns R-NE
- Dean Heller R-NV
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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