U.S. Senate · 118th Congress, session 1 · Roll call 82
On the Nomination
Confirmation: Laura Taylor-Kale, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense
Nomination Confirmed · 63 Yea, 27 Nay
- Held
- March 30, 2023, 1:45 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 | 15 | 46 | 2 | 63 |
| Nay | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Not voting | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Members | 49 | 48 | 3 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (63)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- 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)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- 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)
- 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)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- 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)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- 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 (27)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- J.D. Vance (R-OH)
Not voting (10)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)