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Senate · Roll call 245 · 2nd session · Sept. 18, 2024 A vote to confirm Michelle Williams Court, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California.
Nomination Confirmed49–44 Nomination
Party-line vote
- Question
- On the Nomination
- Official record
- Senate roll call 245, 118th Congress, 2nd session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 118-s597, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 118th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
- Bill
- PN 1649
How each party voted
Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
President Biden's position: wanted a Yes vote
“Nominated by the President: Michelle Williams Court, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California”
Source: Nomination · Automatic
About this vote
This is the Senate vote on whether to confirm the nomination (PN 1649) of Michelle Williams Court to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California. A Yes vote supports confirmation, which requires a simple majority of 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
| Member | Seat | Party | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sullivan | AK | Republican | No |
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Republican | No |
| Katie Boyd Britt | AL | Republican | No |
| Tommy Tuberville | AL | Republican | No |
| John Boozman | AR | Republican | No |
| Tom Cotton | AR | Republican | No |
| Kyrsten Sinema | AZ | Independent | Did not vote |
| Mark Kelly | AZ | Democrat | Yes |
| Alex Padilla | CA | Democrat | Yes |
| Laphonza R. Butler | CA | Democrat | Yes |
| John W. Hickenlooper | CO | Democrat | Yes |
| Michael F. Bennet | CO | Democrat | Yes |
| Christopher Murphy | CT | Democrat | Yes |
| Richard Blumenthal | CT | Democrat | Yes |
| Christopher A. Coons | DE | Democrat | Yes |
| Thomas R. Carper | DE | Democrat | Yes |
| Marco Rubio | FL | Republican | No |
| Rick Scott | FL | Republican | No |
| Jon Ossoff | GA | Democrat | Yes |
| Raphael G. Warnock | GA | Democrat | Yes |
| Brian Schatz | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Chuck Grassley | IA | Republican | No |
| Joni Ernst | IA | Republican | No |
| James E. Risch | ID | Republican | No |
| Mike Crapo | ID | Republican | No |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL | Democrat | Yes |
| Tammy Duckworth | IL | Democrat | Yes |
| Mike Braun | IN | Republican | No |
| Todd Young | IN | Republican | No |
| Jerry Moran | KS | Republican | No |
| Roger Marshall | KS | Republican | No |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Republican | No |
| Rand Paul | KY | Republican | No |
| Bill Cassidy | LA | Republican | No |
| John Kennedy | LA | Republican | No |
| Edward J. Markey | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| Elizabeth Warren | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD | Democrat | Yes |
| Chris Van Hollen | MD | Democrat | Yes |
| Angus S. King, Jr. | ME | Independent | Yes |
| Susan M. Collins | ME | Republican | Yes |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI | Democrat | Yes |
| Gary C. Peters | MI | Democrat | Yes |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN | Democrat | Yes |
| Tina Smith | MN | Democrat | Yes |
| Eric Schmitt | MO | Republican | No |
| Josh Hawley | MO | Republican | No |
| Cindy Hyde-Smith | MS | Republican | No |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS | Republican | No |
| Jon Tester | MT | Democrat | Yes |
| Steve Daines | MT | Republican | No |
| Ted Budd | NC | Republican | No |
| Thom Tillis | NC | Republican | Did not vote |
| John Hoeven | ND | Republican | No |
| Kevin Cramer | ND | Republican | No |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Republican | No |
| Pete Ricketts | NE | Republican | No |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Democrat | Yes |
| Margaret Wood Hassan | NH | Democrat | Yes |
| Cory A. Booker | NJ | Democrat | Yes |
| George S. Helmy | NJ | Democrat | Yes |
| Ben Ray Luján | NM | Democrat | Yes |
| Martin Heinrich | NM | Democrat | Yes |
| Catherine Cortez Masto | NV | Democrat | Yes |
| Jacky Rosen | NV | Democrat | Yes |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| J.D. Vance | OH | Republican | Did not vote |
| Sherrod Brown | OH | Democrat | Yes |
| James Lankford | OK | Republican | No |
| Markwayne Mullin | OK | Republican | No |
| Jeff Merkley | OR | Democrat | Yes |
| Ron Wyden | OR | Democrat | Did not vote |
| John Fetterman | PA | Democrat | Yes |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | PA | Democrat | Yes |
| Jack Reed | RI | Democrat | Yes |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | RI | Democrat | Yes |
| Lindsey Graham | SC | Republican | Did not vote |
| Tim Scott | SC | Republican | No |
| John Thune | SD | Republican | No |
| Mike Rounds | SD | Republican | Did not vote |
| Bill Hagerty | TN | Republican | No |
| Marsha Blackburn | TN | Republican | No |
| John Cornyn | TX | Republican | No |
| Ted Cruz | TX | Republican | No |
| Mike Lee | UT | Republican | No |
| Mitt Romney | UT | Republican | No |
| Mark R. Warner | VA | Democrat | Yes |
| Tim Kaine | VA | Democrat | Yes |
| Bernard Sanders | VT | Independent | Did not vote |
| Peter Welch | VT | Democrat | Yes |
| Maria Cantwell | WA | Democrat | Yes |
| Patty Murray | WA | Democrat | Yes |
| Ron Johnson | WI | Republican | No |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI | Democrat | Yes |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV | Independent | Yes |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV | Republican | No |
| Cynthia M. Lummis | WY | Republican | No |
| John Barrasso | WY | Republican | No |