U.S. Senate · 119th Congress, session 1 · Roll call 657
On the Cloture Motion
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Keith Bass to be Assistant Secretary of Defense
Cloture Motion Agreed to · 58 Yea, 36 Nay
- Held
- December 18, 2025, 8:58 PM EST
- 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 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 58 |
| Nay | 1 | 34 | 1 | 36 |
| Not voting | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Members | 53 | 45 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (58)
- 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)
- 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)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- 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)
- 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)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Bernie Moreno (R-OH)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- 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 (36)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Andy Kim (D-NJ)
- 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)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Not voting (6)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)