• Did the Vote Pass? No
  • Voted Yea 48
  • Voted Nay 42
  • Didn't Vote 0
  • Voted Present 0
This is the final vote of a complicated Senate parliamentary procedure often referred to as the “Nuclear Option”, used the allow the Senate’s rules to be changed using only a simple majority vote. Majority Leader Harry Reid used this procedure to allow all executive nominations (except Supreme Court nominees) to pass without a cloture vote, meaning that he only needs 51 votes instead of 60. This is a massive blow to the rights of the minority party in the Senate, and sets a dangerous precedent of tyrannical majority rule in a Senate that has traditionally prized the rights of every Senator and party to have their full say.

Legislator's Votes

Official's Name Party District Voted

Tammy Baldwin

Democrat

WI

Yea

Max Baucus

Democrat

MT

Yea

Mark Begich

Democrat

AK

Yea

Michael Bennet

Democrat

CO

Yea

Dick Blumenthal

Democrat

CT

Yea

Cory Booker

Democrat

NJ

Yea

Sherrod Brown

Democrat

OH

Yea

Maria Cantwell

Democrat

WA

Yea

Ben Cardin

Democrat

MD

Yea

Tom Carper

Democrat

DE

Yea

Bob Casey

Democrat

PA

Yea

Chris Coons

Democrat

DE

Yea

Dick Durbin

Democrat

IL

Yea

Dianne Feinstein

Democrat

CA

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

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

Ed Markey

Democrat

MA

Yea

Claire McCaskill

Democrat

MO

Yea

Bob Menendez

Democrat

NJ

Yea

Jeff Merkley

Democrat

OR

Yea

Chris Murphy

Democrat

CT

Yea

Patty Murray

Democrat

WA

Yea

Bill Nelson

Democrat

FL

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

Mark Udall

Democrat

CO

Yea

Tom Udall

Democrat

NM

Yea

Mark Warner

Democrat

VA

Yea

Elizabeth Warren

Democrat

MA

Yea

Sheldon Whitehouse

Democrat

RI

Yea

Ron Wyden

Democrat

OR

Yea

Lamar Alexander

Republican

TN

Nay

Kelly Ayotte

Republican

NH

Nay

John Barrasso

Republican

WY

Nay

Roy Blunt

Republican

MO

Nay

John Boozman

Republican

AR

Nay

Richard Burr

Republican

Nay

Saxby Chambliss

Republican

GA

Nay

Thomas Coburn

Republican

OK

Nay

Susan Collins

Republican

ME

Nay

Bob Corker

Republican

TN

Nay

John Cornyn

Republican

TX

Nay

Mike Crapo

Republican

ID

Nay

Ted Cruz

Republican

TX

Nay

Mike Enzi

Republican

WY

Nay

Deb Fischer

Republican

NE

Nay

Jeff Flake

Republican

AZ

Nay

Lindsey Graham

Republican

SC

Nay

Chuck Grassley

Republican

IA

Nay

John Hoeven

Republican

ND

Nay

Jim Inhofe

Republican

OK

Nay

John Isakson

Republican

GA

Nay

Mike Johanns

Republican

NE

Nay

Ron Johnson

Republican

WI

Nay

Mark Kirk

Republican

IL

Nay

Mike Lee

Republican

UT

Nay

Carl Levin

Democrat

MI

Nay

Joe Manchin

Democrat

WV

Nay

John McCain

Republican

AZ

Nay

Mitch McConnell

Republican

KY

Nay

Jerry Moran

Republican

KS

Nay

Lisa Murkowski

Republican

AK

Nay

Rand Paul

Republican

KY

Nay

Rob Portman

Republican

OH

Nay

Mark Pryor

Democrat

AR

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

Pat Toomey

Republican

PA

Nay

Roger Wicker

Republican

MS

Nay