Senate roll call 706 · 116th Congress · Dec 19, 2020
Eric J. Soskin, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Transportation
On Dec 19, 2020, the Senate voted 39–48 on “On the Cloture Motion” (PN 2029). Result: Cloture Motion Rejected. By party: Democrats 0–45, Republicans 39–1, Independents 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 116th Congress (2019–2020), Donald Trump was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Result
- Cloture Motion Rejected
- Yes
- 39
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Dec 19, 2020
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 1 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 45 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Daniel Scott Sullivan R-AK
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- Thomas Bryant (Tom) Cotton R-AR
- Cory Gardner R-CO
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Richard Lynn (Rick) Scott R-FL
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Michael Braun R-IN
- Todd Young R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- John Neely Kennedy R-LA
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Joshua David Hawley R-MO
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Steve Daines R-MT
- Thomas Roland (Thom) Tillis R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Benjamin Eric Sasse R-NE
- James Lankford R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Tim Scott R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Willard Mitt (Mitt) Romney R-UT
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Gordon Douglas (Doug) Jones D-AL
- Kyrsten Sinema D-AZ
- Mark Edward Kelly D-AZ
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Angus Stanley King Jr. I-ME
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Gary C. Peters D-MI
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Tina Smith D-MN
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Margaret Wood (Maggie) Hassan D-NH
- Cory Anthony Booker D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Catherine Marie Cortez Masto D-NV
- Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen 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
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Timothy Michael (Tim) Kaine D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Joe Manchin III D-WV
Did not vote
- Martha Mcsally R-AZ
- Kamala Devi Harris D-CA
- David Alfred Perdue Jr. R-GA
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Kelly Loeffler R-GA
- Joni Ernst R-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Rand Paul R-KY
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Debra (Deb) Fischer R-NE
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds R-SD
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz R-TX
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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