Here is how each senator voted on confirming Trump’s high officers
Washington — Lower than two months since President Trump’s inauguration, the Republican-led Senate has confirmed almost each certainly one of his Cupboard nominees.
A vote has but to be scheduled for the ultimate nominee — Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, who’s poised to turn out to be the ambassador to the United Nations. Home Republicans, who’re working with a one-vote majority, cannot threat shedding one other member. Particular elections to fill two vacant seats can be held on April 1, creating extra respiration room for Stefanik’s anticipated departure.
There are 22 Cupboard positions, every requiring Senate affirmation. CBS Information additionally included the divisive vote for FBI director, which isn’t a Cupboard function, in our tally.
Republicans largely fell in line, even after some expressed concern about Mr. Trump’s extra controversial picks, whereas few Democrats have been prepared to provide them their stamp of approval, particularly because the president moved to overtake the federal companies that these nominees oversee.
Here is how members of every celebration voted:
A handful of Democrats supported almost half of the nominees. Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Ruben Gallego of Arizona, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, John Hickenlooper of Colorado and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire every voted for 10 of Mr. Trump’s nominees.
Ten Democrats supported solely certainly one of Mr. Trump’s picks — Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who represented Florida within the Senate earlier than his affirmation. Rubio was confirmed hours after Mr. Trump was sworn in and was the one nominee to obtain unanimous help. However a minimum of two of the Democrats who solely voted for Rubio — Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland — have since stated they regretted backing him, given the Trump administration’s therapy of Ukraine.
In addition to Rubio, seven different nominees acquired vital help from Democrats: Inside Secretary Doug Burgum, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer.
See extra right here on how every Democrat voted for each nominee.
Solely 5 of the 53 Republicans within the higher chamber defected to vote in opposition to a minimum of one of many president’s nominees.
Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky led the pack with 4 “no” votes. He voted in opposition to Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth, Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Well being and Human Companies Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Chavez-DeRemer.
Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska additionally voted in opposition to Hegseth, forcing Vice President JD Vance to forged a tie-breaking vote. Collins and Murkowski additionally withheld their help from Kash Patel, who was narrowly confirmed as FBI director.
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who is not afraid to buck his celebration, voted in opposition to Jamieson Greer as U.S. commerce consultant and Chavez-DeRemer.
Sen. Ted Budd of North Carolina forged his solely “no” vote in opposition to Chavez-DeRemer.
Thus far, 40 Republican senators have voted in favor of all the nominees. One other eight supported all of them once they weren’t absent.
See extra right here on how every Republican voted for each nominee.
