Senate Vote117th Congress
Jan 21, 2021· Congress 117· Vote #4· 3/5 required
H.R. 335
Bill Passed
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] · WA
Summary
This bill allows the first person nominated and appointed as Secretary of Defense after 12 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on January 20, 2021, to be a person who is, on the date of appointment, at least four years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of the Armed Forces. Under current law, an individual may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense within seven years after relief from such active duty.
69
Yea
27
Nay
—
Present
4
Absent
Yea 69 (69%)(27%) 27 Nay
4 present / not voting
Party Split
Democrat
34 Yea14 Nay
Republican
33 Yea13 Nay4 Other
Independent
2 Yea0 Nay
Member Votes100
Yes (69)
Leahy (D-VT)D-VT
Grassley (R-IA)R-IA
McConnell (R-KY)R-KY
Shelby (R-AL)R-AL
Feinstein (D-CA)D-CA
Inhofe (R-OK)R-OK
Durbin (D-IL)D-IL
Reed (D-RI)D-RI
Crapo (R-ID)R-ID
Schumer (D-NY)D-NY
Cantwell (D-WA)D-WA
Carper (D-DE)D-DE
Stabenow (D-MI)D-MI
Cornyn (R-TX)R-TX
Murkowski (R-AK)R-AK
Graham (R-SC)R-SC
Thune (R-SD)R-SD
Menendez (D-NJ)D-NJ
Brown (D-OH)D-OH
Cardin (D-MD)D-MD
Casey (D-PA)D-PA
Klobuchar (D-MN)D-MN
Sanders (I-VT)I-VT
Whitehouse (D-RI)D-RI
Wicker (R-MS)R-MS
Risch (R-ID)R-ID
Shaheen (D-NH)D-NH
Warner (D-VA)D-VA
Bennet (D-CO)D-CO
Coons (D-DE)D-DE
Manchin (D-WV)D-WV
Blunt (R-MO)R-MO
Boozman (R-AR)R-AR
Hoeven (R-ND)R-ND
Johnson (R-WI)R-WI
Paul (R-KY)R-KY
Portman (R-OH)R-OH
Schatz (D-HI)D-HI
Cruz (R-TX)R-TX
Fischer (R-NE)R-NE
Heinrich (D-NM)D-NM
Hirono (D-HI)D-HI
Kaine (D-VA)D-VA
King (I-ME)I-ME
Murphy (D-CT)D-CT
Scott (R-SC)R-SC
Capito (R-WV)R-WV
Cassidy (R-LA)R-LA
Daines (R-MT)R-MT
Ernst (R-IA)R-IA
Lankford (R-OK)R-OK
Peters (D-MI)D-MI
Rounds (R-SD)R-SD
Sullivan (R-AK)R-AK
Hassan (D-NH)D-NH
Kennedy (R-LA)R-LA
Smith (D-MN)D-MN
Braun (R-IN)R-IN
Cramer (R-ND)R-ND
Romney (R-UT)R-UT
Sinema (D-AZ)D-AZ
Kelly (D-AZ)D-AZ
Hagerty (R-TN)R-TN
Hickenlooper (D-CO)D-CO
Lujan (D-NM)D-NM
Tuberville (R-AL)R-AL
Padilla (D-CA)D-CA
Ossoff (D-GA)D-GA
Warnock (D-GA)D-GA
Abstained (0)
None
No (27)
Murray (D-WA)D-WA
Wyden (D-OR)D-OR
Collins (R-ME)R-ME
Tester (D-MT)D-MT
Barrasso (R-WY)R-WY
Merkley (D-OR)D-OR
Gillibrand (D-NY)D-NY
Blumenthal (D-CT)D-CT
Lee (R-UT)R-UT
Rubio (R-FL)R-FL
Toomey (R-PA)R-PA
Baldwin (D-WI)D-WI
Warren (D-MA)D-MA
Markey (D-MA)D-MA
Booker (D-NJ)D-NJ
Cotton (R-AR)R-AR
Sasse (R-NE)R-NE
Cortez Masto (D-NV)D-NV
Duckworth (D-IL)D-IL
Van Hollen (D-MD)D-MD
Young (R-IN)R-IN
Blackburn (R-TN)R-TN
Hawley (R-MO)R-MO
Rosen (D-NV)D-NV
Scott (R-FL)R-FL
Lummis (R-WY)R-WY
Marshall (R-KS)R-KS
Absent (4)
Burr (R-NC)R-NC
Moran (R-KS)R-KS
Tillis (R-NC)R-NC
Hyde-Smith (R-MS)R-MS