U.S. Senate · 119th Congress, session 2 · Roll call 200
On the Cloture Motion
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Benjamin M. Flowers to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit
Cloture Motion Agreed to · 43 Yea, 40 Nay
- Held
- July 20, 2026, 5:30 PM 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 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Nay | 0 | 39 | 1 | 40 |
| Not voting | 10 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| Members | 53 | 45 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (43)
- Alan Armstrong (R-OK)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- 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)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Darline 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)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- David McCormick (R-PA)
- Bernie Moreno (R-OH)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- 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)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Nay (40)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard J. Durbin (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)
- 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)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- 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)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Not voting (17)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Ashley Moody (R-FL)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)