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Senate · Roll call 235 · 1st session · July 29, 2019 A vote to end debate on the nomination of Peter D. Welte, of North Dakota, to be United States District Judge for the District of North Dakota.

Cloture Motion Agreed to66–21 End debate Party-line vote
Question
On the Cloture Motion
Official record
Senate roll call 235, 116th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
116-s235, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 116th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
Bill
PN 208

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 17 · No 21 · Did not vote 7
Republicans
Yes 48 · No 0 · Did not vote 5
Independent
Yes 1 · No 0 · Did not vote 1

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

A cloture vote asks whether the Senate will end debate on this nomination (PN 208). It is a step before the confirmation vote and does not confirm the nominee.

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How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanDid not vote
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Doug JonesALDemocratYes
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanYes
John BoozmanARRepublicanYes
Tom CottonARRepublicanYes
Kyrsten SinemaAZDemocratYes
Martha McSallyAZRepublicanYes
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratYes
Kamala D. HarrisCADemocratDid not vote
Cory GardnerCORepublicanYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratDid not vote
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratNo
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanYes
Rick ScottFLRepublicanYes
David PerdueGARepublicanDid not vote
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanDid not vote
Brian SchatzHIDemocratNo
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratNo
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Joni ErnstIARepublicanYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanYes
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Tammy DuckworthILDemocratDid not vote
Mike BraunINRepublicanYes
Todd YoungINRepublicanYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanYes
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanYes
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanDid not vote
Bill CassidyLARepublicanDid not vote
John KennedyLARepublicanYes
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratNo
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratDid not vote
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratNo
Chris Van HollenMDDemocratNo
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentYes
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanYes
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratNo
Gary C. PetersMIDemocratYes
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratDid not vote
Tina SmithMNDemocratNo
Josh HawleyMORepublicanYes
Roy BluntMORepublicanYes
Cindy Hyde-SmithMSRepublicanYes
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Steve DainesMTRepublicanYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Thom TillisNCRepublicanYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanYes
Kevin CramerNDRepublicanYes
Ben SasseNERepublicanYes
Deb FischerNERepublicanYes
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Margaret Wood HassanNHDemocratYes
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratDid not vote
Robert MenendezNJDemocratNo
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratNo
Tom UdallNMDemocratNo
Catherine Cortez MastoNVDemocratYes
Jacky RosenNVDemocratYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratNo
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratDid not vote
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratNo
James LankfordOKRepublicanYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanYes
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratNo
Ron WydenORDemocratNo
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanYes
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratNo
Jack ReedRIDemocratNo
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratNo
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanYes
John ThuneSDRepublicanYes
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanYes
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanYes
Marsha BlackburnTNRepublicanYes
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanYes
Mike LeeUTRepublicanYes
Mitt RomneyUTRepublicanYes
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentDid not vote
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratNo
Patty MurrayWADemocratNo
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanYes
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratNo
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanYes
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanYes