U.S. Senate · 119th Congress, session 2 · Roll call 126
On the Cloture Motion
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sheria Akins Clarke to be U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina
Cloture Motion Agreed to · 57 Yea, 38 Nay
- Held
- May 19, 2026, 11:44 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 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 57 |
| Nay | 0 | 36 | 2 | 38 |
| Not voting | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Members | 53 | 45 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (57)
- Alan Armstrong (R-OK)
- 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)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- 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)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- 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)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Nay (38)
- 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)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- 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)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- 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)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Not voting (5)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)