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Senate · Roll call 1 · 2nd session · Jan. 6, 2014 A vote to confirm Janet L. Yellen, of California, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years.
Nomination Confirmed56–26 Nomination
Party-line vote
- Question
- On the Nomination
- Official record
- Senate roll call 1, 113th Congress, 2nd session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 113-s292, 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 921
How each party voted
Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
President Obama's position: wanted a Yes vote
“Nominated by the President: Janet L. Yellen, of California, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years”
Source: Nomination · Automatic
About this vote
This is the Senate's vote on the nomination itself, which was before the Senate as PN 921. A Yes vote confirms her to the post.
This summary was drafted and checked with AI (Claude) using only the official record of the vote. Report an error
How each member voted
| Member | Seat | Party | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Republican | Yes |
| Mark Begich | AK | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Jeff Sessions | AL | Republican | No |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL | Republican | No |
| John Boozman | AR | Republican | No |
| Mark L. Pryor | AR | Democrat | Yes |
| Jeff Flake | AZ | Republican | Yes |
| John McCain | AZ | Republican | Did not vote |
| Barbara Boxer | CA | Democrat | Yes |
| Dianne Feinstein | CA | Democrat | Yes |
| Mark Udall | CO | Democrat | Yes |
| Michael F. Bennet | CO | Democrat | Yes |
| Christopher Murphy | CT | Democrat | Yes |
| Richard Blumenthal | CT | Democrat | Yes |
| Christopher A. Coons | DE | Democrat | Yes |
| Thomas R. Carper | DE | Democrat | Yes |
| Bill Nelson | FL | Democrat | Yes |
| Marco Rubio | FL | Republican | No |
| Johnny Isakson | GA | Republican | No |
| Saxby Chambliss | GA | Republican | Yes |
| Brian Schatz | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Chuck Grassley | IA | Republican | No |
| Tom Harkin | IA | Democrat | Did not vote |
| James E. Risch | ID | Republican | No |
| Mike Crapo | ID | Republican | No |
| Mark Kirk | IL | Republican | Yes |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Daniel Coats | IN | Republican | Yes |
| Joe Donnelly | IN | Democrat | Yes |
| Jerry Moran | KS | Republican | Did not vote |
| Pat Roberts | KS | Republican | No |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Republican | Did not vote |
| Rand Paul | KY | Republican | Did not vote |
| David Vitter | LA | Republican | No |
| Mary L. Landrieu | LA | Democrat | Yes |
| Edward J. Markey | MA | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Elizabeth Warren | MA | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Barbara A. Mikulski | MD | Democrat | Yes |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD | Democrat | Yes |
| Angus S. King, Jr. | ME | Independent | Did not vote |
| Susan M. Collins | ME | Republican | Yes |
| Carl Levin | MI | Democrat | Yes |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI | Democrat | Yes |
| Al Franken | MN | Democrat | Yes |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN | Democrat | Yes |
| Claire McCaskill | MO | Democrat | Yes |
| Roy Blunt | MO | Republican | No |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS | Republican | No |
| Thad Cochran | MS | Republican | No |
| Jon Tester | MT | Democrat | Yes |
| Max Baucus | MT | Democrat | Yes |
| Kay R. Hagan | NC | Democrat | Yes |
| Richard Burr | NC | Republican | Yes |
| Heidi Heitkamp | ND | Democrat | Did not vote |
| John Hoeven | ND | Republican | No |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Republican | No |
| Mike Johanns | NE | Republican | No |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Kelly Ayotte | NH | Republican | Yes |
| Cory A. Booker | NJ | Democrat | Yes |
| Robert Menendez | NJ | Democrat | Yes |
| Martin Heinrich | NM | Democrat | Yes |
| Tom Udall | NM | Democrat | Yes |
| Dean Heller | NV | Republican | No |
| Harry Reid | NV | Democrat | Yes |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| Rob Portman | OH | Republican | Did not vote |
| Sherrod Brown | OH | Democrat | Yes |
| James M. Inhofe | OK | Republican | No |
| Tom Coburn | OK | Republican | Yes |
| Jeff Merkley | OR | Democrat | Yes |
| Ron Wyden | OR | Democrat | Yes |
| Patrick J. Toomey | PA | Republican | No |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | PA | Democrat | Yes |
| Jack Reed | RI | Democrat | Yes |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | RI | Democrat | Yes |
| Lindsey Graham | SC | Republican | Did not vote |
| Tim Scott | SC | Republican | No |
| John Thune | SD | Republican | Did not vote |
| Tim Johnson | SD | Democrat | Yes |
| Bob Corker | TN | Republican | Yes |
| Lamar Alexander | TN | Republican | Yes |
| John Cornyn | TX | Republican | No |
| Ted Cruz | TX | Republican | No |
| Mike Lee | UT | Republican | No |
| Orrin G. Hatch | UT | Republican | Did not vote |
| Mark R. Warner | VA | Democrat | Yes |
| Tim Kaine | VA | Democrat | Yes |
| Bernard Sanders | VT | Independent | Did not vote |
| Patrick J. Leahy | VT | Democrat | Yes |
| Maria Cantwell | WA | Democrat | Yes |
| Patty Murray | WA | Democrat | Yes |
| Ron Johnson | WI | Republican | No |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV | Democrat | Yes |
| John D. Rockefeller, IV | WV | Democrat | Yes |
| John Barrasso | WY | Republican | No |
| Michael B. Enzi | WY | Republican | No |