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Senate · Roll call 249 · 2nd session · Nov. 28, 2018 A vote to end debate on the nomination of Thomas Alvin Farr, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Cloture Motion Agreed to50–50 End debate
Party-line vote
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion
- Official record
- Senate roll call 249, 115th Congress, 2nd session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 115-s574, 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 1412
How each party voted
Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
President Trump's position: wanted a Yes vote
“Nominated by the President: Thomas Alvin Farr, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina”
Source: Nomination · Checked against the statement (AI-assisted)
About this vote
Cloture is the Senate procedure for ending debate so that a final vote can be held. A Yes vote moves the nomination of Thomas Alvin Farr toward a confirmation vote.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sullivan | AK | Republican | Yes |
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Republican | Yes |
| Doug Jones | AL | Democrat | No |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL | Republican | Yes |
| John Boozman | AR | Republican | Yes |
| Tom Cotton | AR | Republican | Yes |
| Jeff Flake | AZ | Republican | No |
| Jon Kyl | AZ | Republican | Yes |
| Dianne Feinstein | CA | Democrat | No |
| Kamala D. Harris | CA | Democrat | No |
| Cory Gardner | CO | Republican | Yes |
| Michael F. Bennet | CO | Democrat | No |
| Christopher Murphy | CT | Democrat | No |
| Richard Blumenthal | CT | Democrat | No |
| Christopher A. Coons | DE | Democrat | No |
| Thomas R. Carper | DE | Democrat | No |
| Bill Nelson | FL | Democrat | No |
| Marco Rubio | FL | Republican | Yes |
| David Perdue | GA | Republican | Yes |
| Johnny Isakson | GA | Republican | Yes |
| Brian Schatz | HI | Democrat | No |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI | Democrat | No |
| Chuck Grassley | IA | Republican | Yes |
| Joni Ernst | IA | Republican | Yes |
| James E. Risch | ID | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Crapo | ID | Republican | Yes |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL | Democrat | No |
| Tammy Duckworth | IL | Democrat | No |
| Joe Donnelly | IN | Democrat | No |
| Todd Young | IN | Republican | Yes |
| Jerry Moran | KS | Republican | Yes |
| Pat Roberts | KS | Republican | Yes |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Republican | Yes |
| Rand Paul | KY | Republican | Yes |
| Bill Cassidy | LA | Republican | Yes |
| John Kennedy | LA | Republican | Yes |
| Edward J. Markey | MA | Democrat | No |
| Elizabeth Warren | MA | Democrat | No |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD | Democrat | No |
| Chris Van Hollen | MD | Democrat | No |
| Angus S. King, Jr. | ME | Independent | No |
| Susan M. Collins | ME | Republican | Yes |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI | Democrat | No |
| Gary C. Peters | MI | Democrat | No |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN | Democrat | No |
| Tina Smith | MN | Democrat | No |
| Claire McCaskill | MO | Democrat | No |
| Roy Blunt | MO | Republican | Yes |
| Cindy Hyde-Smith | MS | Republican | Yes |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS | Republican | Yes |
| Jon Tester | MT | Democrat | No |
| Steve Daines | MT | Republican | Yes |
| Richard Burr | NC | Republican | Yes |
| Thom Tillis | NC | Republican | Yes |
| Heidi Heitkamp | ND | Democrat | No |
| John Hoeven | ND | Republican | Yes |
| Ben Sasse | NE | Republican | Yes |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Republican | Yes |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Democrat | No |
| Margaret Wood Hassan | NH | Democrat | No |
| Cory A. Booker | NJ | Democrat | No |
| Robert Menendez | NJ | Democrat | No |
| Martin Heinrich | NM | Democrat | No |
| Tom Udall | NM | Democrat | No |
| Catherine Cortez Masto | NV | Democrat | No |
| Dean Heller | NV | Republican | Yes |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY | Democrat | No |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY | Democrat | No |
| Rob Portman | OH | Republican | Yes |
| Sherrod Brown | OH | Democrat | No |
| James Lankford | OK | Republican | Yes |
| James M. Inhofe | OK | Republican | Yes |
| Jeff Merkley | OR | Democrat | No |
| Ron Wyden | OR | Democrat | No |
| Patrick J. Toomey | PA | Republican | Yes |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | PA | Democrat | No |
| Jack Reed | RI | Democrat | No |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | RI | Democrat | No |
| Lindsey Graham | SC | Republican | Yes |
| Tim Scott | SC | Republican | Yes |
| John Thune | SD | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Rounds | SD | Republican | Yes |
| Bob Corker | TN | Republican | Yes |
| Lamar Alexander | TN | Republican | Yes |
| John Cornyn | TX | Republican | Yes |
| Ted Cruz | TX | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Lee | UT | Republican | Yes |
| Orrin G. Hatch | UT | Republican | Yes |
| Mark R. Warner | VA | Democrat | No |
| Tim Kaine | VA | Democrat | No |
| Bernard Sanders | VT | Independent | No |
| Patrick J. Leahy | VT | Democrat | No |
| Maria Cantwell | WA | Democrat | No |
| Patty Murray | WA | Democrat | No |
| Ron Johnson | WI | Republican | Yes |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI | Democrat | No |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV | Democrat | No |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV | Republican | Yes |
| John Barrasso | WY | Republican | Yes |
| Michael B. Enzi | WY | Republican | Yes |