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Senate · Roll call 212 · 2nd session · May 26, 2022 A vote to confirm Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat as Director General of the Foreign Service.

Nomination Confirmed82–10 Nomination
Question
On the Nomination
Official record
Senate roll call 212, 117th Congress, 2nd session
Capitol Lens ID
117-s740, 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 492

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 46 · No 0 · Did not vote 2
Republicans
Yes 35 · No 10 · Did not vote 5
Independent
Yes 1 · No 0 · Did not vote 1

President's positions

President Biden's position: wanted a Yes vote

“Nominated by the President: Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, of New Jersey, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of the Minister-Counselor, to be Director General of the Foreign Service”

Source: Nomination · Automatic

About this vote

The Senate votes on whether to approve the nomination of Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat to be Director General of the Foreign Service (PN 492). A Yes vote is a vote to confirm the nominee; confirmation takes a majority of the senators voting.

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 MurkowskiAKRepublicanDid not vote
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanNo
Tommy TubervilleALRepublicanYes
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 RubioFLRepublicanYes
Rick ScottFLRepublicanNo
Jon OssoffGADemocratYes
Raphael G. WarnockGADemocratYes
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Joni ErnstIARepublicanYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanYes
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Tammy DuckworthILDemocratYes
Mike BraunINRepublicanNo
Todd YoungINRepublicanYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanYes
Roger MarshallKSRepublicanYes
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
Bill CassidyLARepublicanYes
John KennedyLARepublicanYes
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratYes
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratYes
Chris Van HollenMDDemocratDid not vote
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. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Steve DainesMTRepublicanYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Thom TillisNCRepublicanYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanYes
Kevin CramerNDRepublicanDid not vote
Ben SasseNERepublicanYes
Deb FischerNERepublicanYes
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 PortmanOHRepublicanDid not vote
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James LankfordOKRepublicanYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanYes
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratDid not vote
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanYes
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanYes
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanYes
Bill HagertyTNRepublicanYes
Marsha BlackburnTNRepublicanDid not vote
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 JohnsonWIRepublicanYes
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanYes
Cynthia M. LummisWYRepublicanYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanYes