U.S. Senate · 117th Congress, session 1 · Roll call 503
On the Nomination
Confirmation: R. Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
Nomination Confirmed · 75 Yea, 18 Nay
- Held
- December 16, 2021, 5:08 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 | 25 | 48 | 2 | 75 |
| Nay | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Not voting | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Members | 50 | 48 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (75)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Richard Burr (R-NC)
- 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)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- 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)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- 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)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- 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)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Ben Sasse (R-NE)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- 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)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Nay (18)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
Not voting (7)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)