U.S. Senate · 117th Congress, session 1 · Roll call 10
On the Cloture Motion
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
Cloture Motion Agreed to · 55 Yea, 42 Nay
- Held
- January 28, 2021, 1:39 PM EST
- Vote type
- Cloture
- Party-unity vote
- Yes (most Democrats and most Republicans voted opposite ways)
- Official record
- www.senate.gov
How each party voted
Members are shown in the party they belonged to on the day of the vote, as the official record lists them. In our statistics, independents are counted with the party they caucus with.
| Vote | Republican | Democrat | Independent | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 6 | 47 | 2 | 55 |
| Nay | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Not voting | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Members | 50 | 48 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (55)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)
- Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)
- Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Joe Manchin, III (D-WV)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Rob Portman (R-OH)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Nay (42)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Richard Burr (R-NC)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Ben Sasse (R-NE)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Not voting (3)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)