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Senate · Roll call 19 · 2nd session · Jan. 23, 2018 A vote to confirm Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years.

Nomination Confirmed84–13 Nomination
Question
On the Nomination
Official record
Senate roll call 19, 115th Congress, 2nd session
Capitol Lens ID
115-s344, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 115th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
Bill
PN 1353

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 39 · No 8
Republicans
Yes 44 · No 4 · Did not vote 3
Independent
Yes 1 · No 1

President's positions

President Trump's position: wanted a Yes vote

“Nominated by the President: Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, 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 of Jerome H. Powell to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years. A Yes vote confirms the nominee 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

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanYes
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Doug JonesALDemocratYes
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanYes
John BoozmanARRepublicanYes
Tom CottonARRepublicanYes
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanYes
John McCainAZRepublicanDid not vote
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratNo
Kamala D. HarrisCADemocratNo
Cory GardnerCORepublicanYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratNo
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Bill NelsonFLDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanNo
David PerdueGARepublicanYes
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanYes
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Joni ErnstIARepublicanYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanYes
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Tammy DuckworthILDemocratYes
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Todd YoungINRepublicanYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanYes
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanYes
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
Bill CassidyLARepublicanYes
John KennedyLARepublicanYes
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratNo
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratNo
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratYes
Chris Van HollenMDDemocratYes
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentYes
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanYes
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratYes
Gary C. PetersMIDemocratYes
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratYes
Tina SmithMNDemocratYes
Claire McCaskillMODemocratYes
Roy BluntMORepublicanYes
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Thad CochranMSRepublicanYes
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Steve DainesMTRepublicanYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Thom TillisNCRepublicanYes
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanYes
Ben SasseNERepublicanYes
Deb FischerNERepublicanYes
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Margaret Wood HassanNHDemocratYes
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratNo
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Catherine Cortez MastoNVDemocratYes
Dean HellerNVRepublicanYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratNo
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James LankfordOKRepublicanYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanYes
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratNo
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanYes
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanDid not vote
John ThuneSDRepublicanYes
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanDid not vote
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanYes
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanNo
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanYes
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentNo
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratYes
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanYes
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanYes
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanYes