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Senate · Roll call 180 · 1st session · July 18, 2013 A vote to confirm Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Nomination Confirmed59–40 Nomination Party-line vote
Question
On the Nomination
Official record
Senate roll call 180, 113th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
113-s180, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 113th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
Bill
PN 192

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 51 · No 1
Republicans
Yes 6 · No 39 · Did not vote 1
Independent
Yes 2 · No 0

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

President's positions

President Obama's position: wanted a Yes vote

“Nominated by the President: Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency”

Source: Nomination · Automatic

About this vote

The Senate votes on whether to confirm Regina McCarthy to lead this part of the executive branch. A Yes vote supports confirming Regina McCarthy to the post; a No vote opposes the confirmation.

This summary was drafted and checked with AI (Claude) using only the official record of the vote. Report an error

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanNo
Mark BegichAKDemocratYes
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanNo
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanNo
John BoozmanARRepublicanNo
Mark L. PryorARDemocratYes
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanYes
John McCainAZRepublicanYes
Barbara BoxerCADemocratYes
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratYes
Mark UdallCODemocratYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Bill NelsonFLDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanNo
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanNo
Saxby ChamblissGARepublicanNo
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanNo
Tom HarkinIADemocratYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanNo
Mark KirkILRepublicanNo
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanNo
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanNo
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanNo
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanNo
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
David VitterLARepublicanNo
Mary L. LandrieuLADemocratYes
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratYes
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
Barbara A. MikulskiMDDemocratYes
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratYes
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentYes
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanYes
Carl LevinMIDemocratYes
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratYes
Al FrankenMNDemocratYes
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratYes
Claire McCaskillMODemocratYes
Roy BluntMORepublicanNo
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanDid not vote
Thad CochranMSRepublicanNo
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Max BaucusMTDemocratYes
Kay R. HaganNCDemocratYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanNo
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanNo
Deb FischerNERepublicanNo
Mike JohannsNERepublicanNo
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanYes
Jeff ChiesaNJRepublicanNo
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Dean HellerNVRepublicanNo
Harry ReidNVDemocratYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanNo
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanNo
Tom CoburnOKRepublicanNo
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanNo
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanNo
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Tim JohnsonSDDemocratYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanYes
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanYes
John CornynTXRepublicanNo
Ted CruzTXRepublicanNo
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanNo
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentYes
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratYes
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanNo
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratNo
John D. Rockefeller, IVWVDemocratYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanNo