U.S. Senate · 119th Congress, session 1 · Roll call 458
On the Cloture Motion
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Cheryl Mason to be Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs
Cloture Motion Agreed to · 53 Yea, 41 Nay
- Held
- July 31, 2025, 10:56 AM EDT
- Vote type
- Cloture
- 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 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Nay | 0 | 39 | 2 | 41 |
| Not voting | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Members | 53 | 45 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (53)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- 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)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Jon Husted (R-OH)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- James C. Justice (R-WV)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- 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)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Bernie Moreno (R-OH)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Nay (41)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Andy Kim (D-NJ)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
- 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)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Not voting (6)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)