Senate roll call 115 · 118th Congress · May 4, 2023
Geeta Rao Gupta, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues
On May 4, 2023, the Senate voted 50–44 on “On the Cloture Motion” (PN 39). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Democrats 46–1, Republicans 2–43, Independents 2–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 118th Congress (2023–2024), Joe Biden was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Result
- Cloture Motion Agreed to
- Yes
- 50
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- May 4, 2023
By party
- Republicans2 yes · 43 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents2 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK voted yes
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
- Joe Manchin III D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Kyrsten Sinema I-AZ
- Mark Edward Kelly D-AZ
- Alejandro (Alex) Padilla D-CA
- John Wright Hickenlooper D-CO
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Raphael Gamaliel Warnock D-GA
- Thomas Jonathan (Jon) Ossoff D-GA
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- 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
- Susan Margaret Collins R-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
- Ben Ray Luján D-NM
- Martin Heinrich 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
- John Karl Fetterman D-PA
- 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
- Peter Welch D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Daniel Scott Sullivan R-AK
- Katie Elizabeth Britt R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- Thomas Bryant (Tom) Cotton R-AR
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Richard Lynn (Rick) Scott R-FL
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Joni Ernst R-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Michael Braun R-IN
- Todd Young R-IN
- Roger Wayne Marshall R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Rand Paul R-KY
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- John Neely Kennedy R-LA
- Eric Stephen Schmitt R-MO
- Joshua David Hawley R-MO
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Steve Daines R-MT
- Theodore Paul Budd R-NC
- Thomas Roland (Thom) Tillis R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Debra (Deb) Fischer R-NE
- John Peter (Pete) Ricketts R-NE
- James David Vance R-OH
- James Lankford R-OK
- Markwayne Mullin R-OK
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds R-SD
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- William Francis (Bill) Hagerty R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz R-TX
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Willard Mitt (Mitt) Romney R-UT
- Joe Manchin III D-WV
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
Did not vote
- Thomas Hawley (Tommy) Tuberville R-AL
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Laphonza Romanique Butler D-CA
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Andy Kim D-NJ
- George S. Helmy D-NJ
- Tim Scott R-SC
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- Joe Manchin III I-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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