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Senate · Roll call 465 · 1st session · Nov. 4, 2021 A vote to confirm Robert Luis Santos to be Director of the Census for a term expiring December 31, 2026.

Nomination Confirmed58–35 Nomination Party-line vote
Question
On the Nomination
Official record
Senate roll call 465, 117th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
117-s465, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 117th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
Bill
PN 367

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 47 · No 0 · Did not vote 1
Republicans
Yes 10 · No 35 · 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.

President's positions

President Biden's position: wanted a Yes vote

“Nominated by the President: Robert Luis Santos, of Texas, to be Director of the Census for a term expiring December 31, 2026”

Source: Nomination · Automatic

About this vote

The Senate votes on whether to confirm a presidential nominee before the person can take the post. A yes vote supports confirming Robert Luis Santos. The nomination is listed as PN 367.

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 SullivanAKRepublicanNo
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanNo
Tommy TubervilleALRepublicanNo
John BoozmanARRepublicanNo
Tom CottonARRepublicanNo
Kyrsten SinemaAZDemocratYes
Mark KellyAZDemocratYes
Alex PadillaCADemocratYes
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratYes
John W. HickenlooperCODemocratYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanNo
Rick ScottFLRepublicanNo
Jon OssoffGADemocratYes
Raphael G. WarnockGADemocratDid not vote
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Joni ErnstIARepublicanNo
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanNo
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Tammy DuckworthILDemocratYes
Mike BraunINRepublicanNo
Todd YoungINRepublicanNo
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanNo
Roger MarshallKSRepublicanNo
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanNo
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
Bill CassidyLARepublicanNo
John KennedyLARepublicanNo
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratYes
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratYes
Chris Van HollenMDDemocratYes
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentYes
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanYes
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratYes
Gary C. PetersMIDemocratYes
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratYes
Tina SmithMNDemocratYes
Josh HawleyMORepublicanNo
Roy BluntMORepublicanYes
Cindy Hyde-SmithMSRepublicanNo
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanNo
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Steve DainesMTRepublicanNo
Richard BurrNCRepublicanDid not vote
Thom TillisNCRepublicanNo
John HoevenNDRepublicanNo
Kevin CramerNDRepublicanDid not vote
Ben SasseNERepublicanNo
Deb FischerNERepublicanNo
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Margaret Wood HassanNHDemocratYes
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratYes
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Ben Ray LujánNMDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Catherine Cortez MastoNVDemocratYes
Jacky RosenNVDemocratYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James LankfordOKRepublicanNo
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanNo
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanYes
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanDid not vote
Bill HagertyTNRepublicanNo
Marsha BlackburnTNRepublicanNo
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanDid not vote
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Mitt RomneyUTRepublicanYes
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentDid not vote
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratYes
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanDid not vote
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanYes
Cynthia M. LummisWYRepublicanNo
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo