U.S. Senate · 119th Congress, session 2 · Roll call 1
On the Nomination
Confirmation: Keith Bass, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense
Nomination Confirmed · 50 Yea, 35 Nay
- Held
- January 5, 2026, 5:31 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 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 50 |
| Nay | 1 | 33 | 1 | 35 |
| Not voting | 9 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| Members | 53 | 45 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (50)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- 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)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- 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)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- 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)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- 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)
- 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 (35)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- 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)
- 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)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Not voting (15)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)