U.S. Senate · 117th Congress, session 2 · Roll call 267
On the Nomination
Confirmation: Shereef M. Elnahal, of New Jersey, to be Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs
Nomination Confirmed · 66 Yea, 23 Nay
- Held
- July 21, 2022, 1:36 PM EDT
- Vote type
- Final passage
- 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 | 21 | 44 | 1 | 66 |
| Nay | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Not voting | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Members | 50 | 48 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (66)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- 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)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- 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)
- 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)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- 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)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Ben Sasse (R-NE)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Nay (23)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
Not voting (11)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)