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Senate · Roll call 360 · 2nd session · Dec. 16, 2014 A vote to confirm Sarah R. Saldana, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security.
Nomination Confirmed55–39 Nomination
Party-line vote
- Question
- On the Nomination
- Official record
- Senate roll call 360, 113th Congress, 2nd session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 113-s651, 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 1996
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: Sarah R. Saldana, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security”
Source: Nomination · Automatic
About this vote
The Senate must give its consent to the President's nominees for senior posts in executive departments. A Yes vote confirms Ms. Saldana to this 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 | No |
| Mark Begich | AK | Democrat | Yes |
| Jeff Sessions | AL | Republican | Did not vote |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL | Republican | No |
| John Boozman | AR | Republican | No |
| Mark L. Pryor | AR | Democrat | Yes |
| Jeff Flake | AZ | Republican | No |
| John McCain | AZ | Republican | No |
| Barbara Boxer | CA | Democrat | Did not vote |
| 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 | Did not vote |
| Brian Schatz | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Chuck Grassley | IA | Republican | No |
| Tom Harkin | IA | Democrat | Yes |
| James E. Risch | ID | Republican | No |
| Mike Crapo | ID | Republican | No |
| Mark Kirk | IL | Republican | No |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL | Democrat | Yes |
| Daniel Coats | IN | Republican | No |
| Joe Donnelly | IN | Democrat | Yes |
| Jerry Moran | KS | Republican | No |
| Pat Roberts | KS | Republican | No |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Republican | No |
| Rand Paul | KY | Republican | No |
| David Vitter | LA | Republican | No |
| Mary L. Landrieu | LA | Democrat | Yes |
| Edward J. Markey | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| Elizabeth Warren | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| Barbara A. Mikulski | MD | Democrat | Yes |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD | Democrat | Yes |
| Angus S. King, Jr. | ME | Independent | Yes |
| Susan M. Collins | ME | Republican | No |
| 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 | Did not vote |
| John E. Walsh | MT | Democrat | Yes |
| Jon Tester | MT | Democrat | Yes |
| Kay R. Hagan | NC | Democrat | Yes |
| Richard Burr | NC | Republican | No |
| Heidi Heitkamp | ND | Democrat | Yes |
| John Hoeven | ND | Republican | No |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Republican | No |
| Mike Johanns | NE | Republican | Did not vote |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Democrat | Yes |
| Kelly Ayotte | NH | Republican | No |
| 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 | No |
| 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 | No |
| Tim Scott | SC | Republican | No |
| John Thune | SD | Republican | No |
| Tim Johnson | SD | Democrat | Yes |
| Bob Corker | TN | Republican | No |
| Lamar Alexander | TN | Republican | No |
| John Cornyn | TX | Republican | No |
| Ted Cruz | TX | Republican | No |
| Mike Lee | UT | Republican | No |
| Orrin G. Hatch | UT | Republican | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV | Democrat | Yes |
| John D. Rockefeller, IV | WV | Democrat | Yes |
| John Barrasso | WY | Republican | No |
| Michael B. Enzi | WY | Republican | No |