Senate · Roll call 43 · Feb. 6, 2025

A vote to begin Senate consideration of the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Motion to Proceed Agreed to52–46 Procedural Party-line vote
Question
On the Motion to Proceed
Bill
PN 118
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
YesNoPresentDid not vote
Each dot is one current member, in the same seat as on their member page, from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how they voted. Seats show current members. Members who have since left Congress appear in the list below.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 0 · No 44 · Did not vote 1
Republicans
Yes 52 · No 0 · Did not vote 1
Independent
Yes 0 · No 2

Most Democrats voted No (44 of 45).

Most Republicans voted Yes (52 of 53).

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

About this vote

A motion to proceed asks the Senate to formally take up an item of business; here, the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. The motion was agreed to, so the Senate moved to consider the nomination.

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How each member voted

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