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Senate · Roll call 272 · 1st session · Dec. 13, 2013 A vote to confirm Heather Anne Higginbottom, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources.

Nomination Confirmed74–17 Nomination
Question
On the Nomination
Official record
Senate roll call 272, 113th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
113-s272, 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 808

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 51 · No 0 · Did not vote 2
Republicans
Yes 21 · No 17 · Did not vote 7
Independent
Yes 2 · No 0

President's positions

President Obama's position: wanted a Yes vote

“Nominated by the President: Heather Anne Higginbottom, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources”

Source: Nomination · Automatic

About this vote

This is the Senate's vote on whether to confirm the nominee to the post of Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources. A Yes vote would confirm Heather Anne Higginbottom to the post; a No vote would not.

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 MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Mark BegichAKDemocratYes
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanNo
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanNo
John BoozmanARRepublicanNo
Mark L. PryorARDemocratYes
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanYes
John McCainAZRepublicanNo
Barbara BoxerCADemocratDid not vote
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratYes
Mark UdallCODemocratYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Bill NelsonFLDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanNo
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanYes
Saxby ChamblissGARepublicanYes
Brian SchatzHIDemocratDid not vote
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Tom HarkinIADemocratYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanDid not vote
Mark KirkILRepublicanDid not vote
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanYes
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanYes
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanNo
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanYes
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. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Thad CochranMSRepublicanYes
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Max BaucusMTDemocratYes
Kay R. HaganNCDemocratYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanYes
Deb FischerNERepublicanYes
Mike JohannsNERepublicanYes
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanYes
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratYes
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Dean HellerNVRepublicanYes
Harry ReidNVDemocratYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanDid not vote
Tom CoburnOKRepublicanDid not vote
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanYes
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanDid not vote
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Tim JohnsonSDDemocratYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanYes
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanDid not vote
John CornynTXRepublicanNo
Ted CruzTXRepublicanNo
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanDid not vote
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentYes
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratYes
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanNo
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
John D. Rockefeller, IVWVDemocratYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanNo