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Senate · Roll call 267 · 2nd session · July 21, 2022 A vote to confirm Shereef M. Elnahal, of New Jersey, to be Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Nomination Confirmed66–23 Nomination Party-line vote
Question
On the Nomination
Official record
Senate roll call 267, 117th Congress, 2nd session
Capitol Lens ID
117-s795, 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 1843

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 44 · No 0 · Did not vote 4
Republicans
Yes 21 · No 23 · Did not vote 6
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: Shereef M. Elnahal, of New Jersey, to be Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs”

Source: Nomination · Automatic

About this vote

This is the Senate's vote on the nomination (PN 1843) of Shereef M. Elnahal, of New Jersey for this post. A Yes vote supports confirming the nominee.

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 BoozmanARRepublicanYes
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 YoungINRepublicanYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanYes
Roger MarshallKSRepublicanNo
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
Bill CassidyLARepublicanYes
John KennedyLARepublicanDid not vote
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 SmithMNDemocratDid not vote
Josh HawleyMORepublicanNo
Roy BluntMORepublicanDid not vote
Cindy Hyde-SmithMSRepublicanNo
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Steve DainesMTRepublicanNo
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Thom TillisNCRepublicanDid not vote
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 PortmanOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James LankfordOKRepublicanDid not vote
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanNo
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanYes
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanDid not vote
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanYes
Bill HagertyTNRepublicanYes
Marsha BlackburnTNRepublicanYes
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanNo
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Mitt RomneyUTRepublicanNo
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratDid not vote
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentDid not vote
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratDid not vote
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratYes
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanNo
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanYes
Cynthia M. LummisWYRepublicanNo
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo