U.S. Senate · 117th Congress, session 1 · Roll call 4
On Passage of the Bill
To provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces.
Bill Passed · 69 Yea, 27 Nay
- Held
- January 21, 2021, 4:24 PM EST
- Vote type
- Final passage
- Party-unity vote
- No
- 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 | 33 | 34 | 2 | 69 |
| Nay | 13 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| Not voting | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Members | 50 | 48 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (69)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- 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)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Joe Manchin, III (D-WV)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Rob Portman (R-OH)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
Nay (27)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Ben Sasse (R-NE)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Not voting (4)
- Richard Burr (R-NC)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)