U.S. Senate · 119th Congress, session 1 · Roll call 213
On the Nomination
Confirmation: Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired) to be General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nomination Confirmed · 60 Yea, 25 Nay
- Held
- April 11, 2025, 1:55 AM 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 | 44 | 15 | 1 | 60 |
| Nay | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| Not voting | 9 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| Members | 53 | 45 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (60)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- 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)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Jon Husted (R-OH)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- James C. Justice (R-WV)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Andy Kim (D-NJ)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- David McCormick (R-PA)
- Ashley Moody (R-FL)
- Bernie Moreno (R-OH)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Nay (25)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Not voting (15)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)