U.S. Senate · 117th Congress, session 1 · Roll call 55
On the Nomination
Confirmation: Denis Richard McDonough, of Maryland, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Nomination Confirmed · 87 Yea, 7 Nay
- Held
- February 8, 2021, 5:32 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 | 37 | 48 | 2 | 87 |
| Nay | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Not voting | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Members | 50 | 48 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (87)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- 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)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- 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)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- 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)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Joe Manchin, III (D-WV)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- 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)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Ben Sasse (R-NE)
- 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)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Nay (7)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
Not voting (6)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Richard Burr (R-NC)
- James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)