Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be Secretary of Health and Human Services

Did the Vote Pass? Yes
Voted Yea 61
Voted Nay 25
Didn't Vote 4
Voted Present 0

This was the crucial vote for the nomination of Sylvia Burwell to replace the retiring Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). During her tenure as Chair of the Office of Management and Budget, Burwell oversaw the Obama Administration’s attempts to make the partial government shutdown of 2013 as visibly inconvenient as possible, including famously shutting WWII veterans out of their own (open-air) memorial. Thus, it appears unlikely that Burwell would be willing to change the opaque and uncooperative practices of HHS, which is overseeing the implementation of ObamaCare.

Legislator's Votes

Official's Name	Party	District	Voted
Lamar Alexander	Republican	TN	Yea
Tammy Baldwin	Democrat	WI	Yea
Mark Begich	Democrat	AK	Yea
Michael Bennet	Democrat	CO	Yea
Dick Blumenthal	Democrat	CT	Yea
Sherrod Brown	Democrat	OH	Yea
Richard Burr	Republican		Yea
Maria Cantwell	Democrat	WA	Yea
Ben Cardin	Democrat	MD	Yea
Tom Carper	Democrat	DE	Yea
Saxby Chambliss	Republican	GA	Yea
Susan Collins	Republican	ME	Yea
Chris Coons	Democrat	DE	Yea
Bob Corker	Republican	TN	Yea
Mike Crapo	Republican	ID	Yea
Dick Durbin	Democrat	IL	Yea
Dianne Feinstein	Democrat	CA	Yea
Jeff Flake	Republican	AZ	Yea
Alan Franken	Democrat	MN	Yea
Kirsten Gillibrand	Democrat	NY	Yea
Kay Hagan	Democrat	NC	Yea
Thomas Harkin	Democrat	IA	Yea
Martin Heinrich	Democrat	NM	Yea
Heidi Heitkamp	Democrat	ND	Yea
Mazie Hirono	Democrat	HI	Yea
John Isakson	Republican	GA	Yea
Tim Johnson	Democrat	SD	Yea
Tim Kaine	Democrat	VA	Yea
Angus King	Independent	ME	Yea
Amy Klobuchar	Democrat	MN	Yea
Mary Landrieu	Democrat	LA	Yea
Patrick Leahy	Democrat		Yea
Carl Levin	Democrat	MI	Yea
Joe Manchin	Democrat	WV	Yea
Ed Markey	Democrat	MA	Yea
John McCain	Republican	AZ	Yea
Claire McCaskill	Democrat	MO	Yea
Bob Menendez	Democrat	NJ	Yea
Jeff Merkley	Democrat	OR	Yea
Lisa Murkowski	Republican	AK	Yea
Chris Murphy	Democrat	CT	Yea
Patty Murray	Democrat	WA	Yea
Bill Nelson	Democrat	FL	Yea
Rob Portman	Republican	OH	Yea
Mark Pryor	Democrat	AR	Yea
Jack Reed	Democrat	RI	Yea
John Rockefeller	Democrat	WV	Yea
Bernie Sanders	Independent	VT	Yea
Brian Schatz	Democrat	HI	Yea
Chuck Schumer	Democrat	NY	Yea
Jeanne Shaheen	Democrat	NH	Yea
Debbie Stabenow	Democrat	MI	Yea
Jon Tester	Democrat	MT	Yea
Pat Toomey	Republican	PA	Yea
Mark Udall	Democrat	CO	Yea
Tom Udall	Democrat	NM	Yea
John Walsh	Democrat	MT	Yea
Mark Warner	Democrat	VA	Yea
Elizabeth Warren	Democrat	MA	Yea
Sheldon Whitehouse	Democrat	RI	Yea
Ron Wyden	Democrat	OR	Yea
Kelly Ayotte	Republican	NH	Nay
John Barrasso	Republican	WY	Nay
Roy Blunt	Republican	MO	Nay
Thomas Coburn	Republican	OK	Nay
John Cornyn	Republican	TX	Nay
Ted Cruz	Republican	TX	Nay
Mike Enzi	Republican	WY	Nay
Deb Fischer	Republican	NE	Nay
Lindsey Graham	Republican	SC	Nay
Chuck Grassley	Republican	IA	Nay
John Hoeven	Republican	ND	Nay
Jim Inhofe	Republican	OK	Nay
Mike Johanns	Republican	NE	Nay
Ron Johnson	Republican	WI	Nay
Mark Kirk	Republican	IL	Nay
Mitch McConnell	Republican	KY	Nay
Jerry Moran	Republican	KS	Nay
Rand Paul	Republican	KY	Nay
Jim Risch	Republican	ID	Nay
Pat Roberts	Republican	KS	Nay
Marco Rubio	Republican	FL	Nay
Tim Scott	Republican	SC	Nay
Richard Shelby	Republican	AL	Nay
John Thune	Republican	SD	Nay
Roger Wicker	Republican	MS	Nay
Cory Booker	Democrat	NJ	Missed
John Boozman	Republican	AR	Missed
Bob Casey	Democrat	PA	Missed
Mike Lee	Republican	UT	Missed