Senate Roll Call 1
119th Congress · Session 2 · January 5, 2026
The vote on whether to confirm a Presidential appointee
The Senate deciding whether a person the President chose gets the job — a judge, a cabinet secretary, an ambassador. Only the Senate does this; the House has no part in it.
What was being voted on
Nominee: Keith Bass, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense
The Senate recorded this as
On the Nomination PN12-1
Result: Nomination Confirmed
Needed a simple majority — more than half of those voting.
Yea: 50Nay: 35Not Voting: 15100 members
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 6 | 33 | 0 | 6 |
 I | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R | 43 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
How each member voted (100)
50 yea, 35 nay, 15 not voting
- Jim Banks (IN)Yea
- John Boozman (AR)Yea
- Katie Britt (AL)Yea
- Ted Budd (NC)Yea
- Shelley Capito (WV)Yea
- Bill Cassidy (LA)Yea
- John Cornyn (TX)Yea
- Tom Cotton (AR)Yea
- Mike Crapo (ID)Yea
- Ted Cruz (TX)Yea
- John Curtis (UT)Yea
- Joni Ernst (IA)Yea
- John Fetterman (PA)Yea
- Deb Fischer (NE)Yea
- Ruben Gallego (AZ)Yea
- Chuck Grassley (IA)Yea
- Bill Hagerty (TN)Yea
- Josh Hawley (MO)Yea
- John Hoeven (ND)Yea
- Jon Husted (OH)Yea
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS)Yea
- Ron Johnson (WI)Yea
- James Justice (WV)Yea
- Timothy Kaine (VA)Yea
- John Kennedy (LA)Yea
- Angus King (ME)Yea
- James Lankford (OK)Yea
- Cynthia Lummis (WY)Yea
- Roger Marshall (KS)Yea
- Mitch McConnell (KY)Yea
- David McCormick (PA)Yea
- Ashley Moody (FL)Yea
- Bernie Moreno (OH)Yea
- Markwayne Mullin (OK)Yea
- Rand Paul (KY)Yea
- John Reed (RI)Yea
- Pete Ricketts (NE)Yea
- James Risch (ID)Yea
- Jacky Rosen (NV)Yea
- Mike Rounds (SD)Yea
- Eric Schmitt (MO)Yea
- Tim Scott (SC)Yea
- Rick Scott (FL)Yea
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)Yea
- Dan Sullivan (AK)Yea
- John Thune (SD)Yea
- Thomas Tillis (NC)Yea
- Tommy Tuberville (AL)Yea
- Roger Wicker (MS)Yea
- Todd Young (IN)Yea
- Angela Alsobrooks (MD)Nay
- Tammy Baldwin (WI)Nay
- Michael Bennet (CO)Nay
- Richard Blumenthal (CT)Nay
- Cory Booker (NJ)Nay
- Maria Cantwell (WA)Nay
- Susan Collins (ME)Nay
- Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)Nay
- Tammy Duckworth (IL)Nay
- Richard Durbin (IL)Nay
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)Nay
- Maggie Hassan (NH)Nay
- Martin Heinrich (NM)Nay
- John Hickenlooper (CO)Nay
- Mazie Hirono (HI)Nay
- Andy Kim (NJ)Nay
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)Nay
- Ben Luján (NM)Nay
- Jeff Merkley (OR)Nay
- Christopher Murphy (CT)Nay
- Patty Murray (WA)Nay
- Jon Ossoff (GA)Nay
- Alex Padilla (CA)Nay
- Gary Peters (MI)Nay
- Bernie Sanders (VT)Nay
- Brian Schatz (HI)Nay
- Adam Schiff (CA)Nay
- Charles Schumer (NY)Nay
- Elissa Slotkin (MI)Nay
- Tina Smith (MN)Nay
- Chris Van Hollen (MD)Nay
- Mark Warner (VA)Nay
- Elizabeth Warren (MA)Nay
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)Nay
- Ron Wyden (OR)Nay
- John Barrasso (WY)Not Voting
- Marsha Blackburn (TN)Not Voting
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE)Not Voting
- Christopher Coons (DE)Not Voting
- Kevin Cramer (ND)Not Voting
- Steve Daines (MT)Not Voting
- Lindsey Graham (SC)Not Voting
- Mark Kelly (AZ)Not Voting
- Mike Lee (UT)Not Voting
- Edward Markey (MA)Not Voting
- Jerry Moran (KS)Not Voting
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)Not Voting
- Tim Sheehy (MT)Not Voting
- Raphael Warnock (GA)Not Voting
- Peter Welch (VT)Not Voting