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Senate · Roll call 32 · 1st session · March 7, 2013 A vote to confirm John Owen Brennan, of Virginia, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Nomination Confirmed63–34 Nomination Party-line vote
Question
On the Nomination
Official record
Senate roll call 32, 113th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
113-s32, 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 48

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 49 · No 2 · Did not vote 2
Republicans
Yes 13 · No 31 · Did not vote 1
Independent
Yes 1 · No 1

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: John Owen Brennan, of Virginia, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency”

Source: Nomination · Automatic

About this vote

The Senate votes on whether to confirm a President's nominee to an executive post. A Yes vote confirms John Owen Brennan as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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 McCainAZRepublicanYes
Barbara BoxerCADemocratDid not vote
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratYes
Mark UdallCODemocratYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Bill NelsonFLDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanYes
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanNo
Saxby ChamblissGARepublicanNo
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanNo
Tom HarkinIADemocratYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanNo
Mark KirkILRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanYes
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanNo
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanNo
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanNo
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
David VitterLARepublicanDid not vote
Mary L. LandrieuLADemocratYes
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
William M. CowanMADemocratYes
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. WickerMSRepublicanNo
Thad CochranMSRepublicanNo
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Max BaucusMTDemocratYes
Kay R. HaganNCDemocratYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanNo
Deb FischerNERepublicanNo
Mike JohannsNERepublicanNo
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanNo
Frank R. LautenbergNJDemocratDid not vote
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Dean HellerNVRepublicanNo
Harry ReidNVDemocratYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanNo
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanNo
Tom CoburnOKRepublicanYes
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratNo
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanNo
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Tim JohnsonSDDemocratYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanYes
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanYes
John CornynTXRepublicanNo
Ted CruzTXRepublicanNo
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanYes
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentNo
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratNo
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratYes
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanNo
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
John D. Rockefeller, IVWVDemocratYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanNo