Senate · 115th Congress · Roll 27

On Passage of the Bill

Jan 12, 2017 · Bill Passed · 81⁠–⁠17

A bill to provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces.

How members voted

100 recorded

Yea: 81 (50 R · 29 D · 2 I)

Member	Party	State
Dianne Feinstein	Democrat	CA
Kamala D. Harris	Democrat	CA
Michael F. Bennet	Democrat	CO
Christopher A. Coons	Democrat	DE
Thomas R. Carper	Democrat	DE
Bill Nelson	Democrat	FL
Brian Schatz	Democrat	HI
Mazie K. Hirono	Democrat	HI
Joe Donnelly	Democrat	IN
Benjamin L. Cardin	Democrat	MD
Debbie Stabenow	Democrat	MI
Gary C. Peters	Democrat	MI
Al Franken	Democrat	MN
Amy Klobuchar	Democrat	MN
Claire McCaskill	Democrat	MO
Heidi Heitkamp	Democrat	ND
Jeanne Shaheen	Democrat	NH
Margaret Wood Hassan	Democrat	NH
Robert Menendez	Democrat	NJ
Martin Heinrich	Democrat	NM
Catherine Cortez Masto	Democrat	NV
Charles E. Schumer	Democrat	NY
Sherrod Brown	Democrat	OH
Robert P. Casey, Jr.	Democrat	PA
Jack Reed	Democrat	RI
Sheldon Whitehouse	Democrat	RI
Mark R. Warner	Democrat	VA
Tim Kaine	Democrat	VA
Maria Cantwell	Democrat	WA
Angus S. King, Jr.	Independent	ME
Joe Manchin, III	Independent	WV
Dan Sullivan	Republican	AK
Lisa Murkowski	Republican	AK
Jeff Sessions	Republican	AL
Richard C. Shelby	Republican	AL
John Boozman	Republican	AR
Tom Cotton	Republican	AR
Jeff Flake	Republican	AZ
John McCain	Republican	AZ
Cory Gardner	Republican	CO
Marco Rubio	Republican	FL
David Perdue	Republican	GA
Johnny Isakson	Republican	GA
Chuck Grassley	Republican	IA
Joni Ernst	Republican	IA
James E. Risch	Republican	ID
Mike Crapo	Republican	ID
Todd Young	Republican	IN
Pat Roberts	Republican	KS
Mitch McConnell	Republican	KY
Rand Paul	Republican	KY
Bill Cassidy	Republican	LA
John Kennedy	Republican	LA
Susan M. Collins	Republican	ME
Roy Blunt	Republican	MO
Roger F. Wicker	Republican	MS
Thad Cochran	Republican	MS
Steve Daines	Republican	MT
Richard Burr	Republican	NC
Thom Tillis	Republican	NC
John Hoeven	Republican	ND
Ben Sasse	Republican	NE
Deb Fischer	Republican	NE
Dean Heller	Republican	NV
Rob Portman	Republican	OH
James Lankford	Republican	OK
James M. Inhofe	Republican	OK
Patrick J. Toomey	Republican	PA
Lindsey Graham	Republican	SC
Tim Scott	Republican	SC
John Thune	Republican	SD
Mike Rounds	Republican	SD
Bob Corker	Republican	TN
John Cornyn	Republican	TX
Ted Cruz	Republican	TX
Mike Lee	Republican	UT
Orrin G. Hatch	Republican	UT
Ron Johnson	Republican	WI
Shelley Moore Capito	Republican	WV
John Barrasso	Republican	WY
Michael B. Enzi	Republican	WY

Nay: 17 (16 D · 1 I)

Member	Party	State
Christopher Murphy	Democrat	CT
Richard Blumenthal	Democrat	CT
Richard J. Durbin	Democrat	IL
Tammy Duckworth	Democrat	IL
Edward J. Markey	Democrat	MA
Elizabeth Warren	Democrat	MA
Chris Van Hollen	Democrat	MD
Jon Tester	Democrat	MT
Cory A. Booker	Democrat	NJ
Tom Udall	Democrat	NM
Kirsten E. Gillibrand	Democrat	NY
Jeff Merkley	Democrat	OR
Ron Wyden	Democrat	OR
Patrick J. Leahy	Democrat	VT
Patty Murray	Democrat	WA
Tammy Baldwin	Democrat	WI
Bernard Sanders	Independent	VT

Not Voting: 2 (2 R)

Member	Party	State
Jerry Moran	Republican	KS
Lamar Alexander	Republican	TN