U.S. Senate · 119th Congress, session 2 · Roll call 75
On the Cloture Motion
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Thomas Shepherd to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas
Cloture Motion Agreed to · 50 Yea, 44 Nay
- Held
- April 13, 2026, 5:24 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 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Nay | 0 | 42 | 2 | 44 |
| Not voting | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Members | 53 | 45 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (50)
- 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)
- 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)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- 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 (44)
- 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)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- 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)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- 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)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Not voting (6)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)