Senate roll call 18 · 119th Congress · Jan 25, 2025
Scott Bessent, of South Carolina, to be Secretary of the Treasury
On Jan 25, 2025, the Senate voted 67–23 on “On the Cloture Motion” (PN 111). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Republicans 52–0, Democrats 15–22, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 119th Congress (2025–2026), Donald Trump was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Cloture Motion Agreed to
- Yes
- 67
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jan 25, 2025
By party
- Republicans52 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 22 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Mark Edward Kelly D-AZ voted yes
- Ruben Gallego D-AZ voted yes
- John Wright Hickenlooper D-CO voted yes
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE voted yes
- Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Jonathan (Jon) Ossoff D-GA voted yes
- Elissa Slotkin D-MI voted yes
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH voted yes
- Margaret Wood (Maggie) Hassan D-NH voted yes
- Cory Anthony Booker D-NJ voted yes
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY voted yes
- John Karl Fetterman D-PA voted yes
- Mark R. Warner D-VA voted yes
- Timothy Michael (Tim) Kaine D-VA voted yes
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Daniel Scott Sullivan R-AK
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Katie Elizabeth Britt R-AL
- Thomas Hawley (Tommy) Tuberville R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- Thomas Bryant (Tom) Cotton R-AR
- Mark Edward Kelly D-AZ
- Ruben Gallego D-AZ
- John Wright Hickenlooper D-CO
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE
- Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DE
- Ashley Brooke Moody R-FL
- Richard Lynn (Rick) Scott R-FL
- Thomas Jonathan (Jon) Ossoff D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Joni Ernst R-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- James E. Banks 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
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Elissa Slotkin D-MI
- Eric Stephen Schmitt R-MO
- Joshua David Hawley R-MO
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Steve Daines R-MT
- Timothy Patrick Sheehy 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
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Margaret Wood (Maggie) Hassan D-NH
- Cory Anthony Booker D-NJ
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Bernardo (Bernie) Moreno R-OH
- Jon Allen Husted R-OH
- James Lankford R-OK
- Markwayne Mullin R-OK
- David Harold Mccormick R-PA
- John Karl Fetterman D-PA
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Tim Scott 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
- John R. Curtis R-UT
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Timothy Michael (Tim) Kaine D-VA
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- James Conley Justice II R-WV
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA
- Angela Deneece Alsobrooks D-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Andy Kim 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
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Peter Welch D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
Did not vote
- Alejandro (Alex) Padilla D-CA
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Raphael Gamaliel Warnock D-GA
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Angus Stanley King Jr. I-ME
- Gary C. Peters D-MI
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Tina Smith D-MN
- James David Vance R-OH
- Alan Armstrong R-OK
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Darline Graham R-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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