U.S. Senate · 118th Congress, session 1 · Roll call 1
On the Nomination
Confirmation: Brendan Owens, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense
Nomination Confirmed · 60 Yea, 35 Nay
- Held
- January 23, 2023, 5:26 PM EST
- 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 | 13 | 45 | 2 | 60 |
| Nay | 33 | 2 | 0 | 35 |
| Not voting | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Members | 49 | 48 | 3 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (60)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- 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)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- 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)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Nay (35)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- J.D. Vance (R-OH)
Not voting (5)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)