Senate Vote115th Congress
Jan 12, 2017· Congress 115· Vote #27· 3/5 required
S. 84
Bill Passed
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · AZ
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)
(Sec. 1) This bill allows the first person, and only such person, appointed as Secretary of Defense after the enactment of this bill to be a person who is, on the date of appointment, not within at least three 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.)
81
Yea
17
Nay
—
Present
2
Absent
Yea 81 (81%)(17%) 17 Nay
2 present / not voting
Party Split
Democrat
30 Yea16 Nay
Republican
50 Yea0 Nay2 Other
Independent
1 Yea1 Nay
Member Votes100
Yes (81)
Hatch (R-UT)R-UT
Cochran (R-MS)R-MS
Grassley (R-IA)R-IA
McConnell (R-KY)R-KY
Shelby (R-AL)R-AL
McCain (R-AZ)R-AZ
Feinstein (D-CA)D-CA
Inhofe (R-OK)R-OK
Collins (R-ME)R-ME
Enzi (R-WY)R-WY
Reed (D-RI)D-RI
Roberts (R-KS)R-KS
Sessions (R-AL)R-AL
Crapo (R-ID)R-ID
Schumer (D-NY)D-NY
Cantwell (D-WA)D-WA
Carper (D-DE)D-DE
Nelson (D-FL)D-FL
Stabenow (D-MI)D-MI
Cornyn (R-TX)R-TX
Murkowski (R-AK)R-AK
Graham (R-SC)R-SC
Burr (R-NC)R-NC
Thune (R-SD)R-SD
Isakson (R-GA)R-GA
Menendez (D-NJ)D-NJ
Brown (D-OH)D-OH
Cardin (D-MD)D-MD
Casey (D-PA)D-PA
Corker (R-TN)R-TN
Klobuchar (D-MN)D-MN
McCaskill (D-MO)D-MO
Whitehouse (D-RI)D-RI
Barrasso (R-WY)R-WY
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
Franken (D-MN)D-MN
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
Lee (R-UT)R-UT
Paul (R-KY)R-KY
Portman (R-OH)R-OH
Rubio (R-FL)R-FL
Toomey (R-PA)R-PA
Heller (R-NV)R-NV
Schatz (D-HI)D-HI
Cruz (R-TX)R-TX
Donnelly (D-IN)D-IN
Fischer (R-NE)R-NE
Flake (R-AZ)R-AZ
Heinrich (D-NM)D-NM
Heitkamp (D-ND)D-ND
Hirono (D-HI)D-HI
Kaine (D-VA)D-VA
King (I-ME)I-ME
Scott (R-SC)R-SC
Capito (R-WV)R-WV
Cassidy (R-LA)R-LA
Cotton (R-AR)R-AR
Daines (R-MT)R-MT
Ernst (R-IA)R-IA
Gardner (R-CO)R-CO
Lankford (R-OK)R-OK
Perdue (R-GA)R-GA
Peters (D-MI)D-MI
Rounds (R-SD)R-SD
Sasse (R-NE)R-NE
Sullivan (R-AK)R-AK
Tillis (R-NC)R-NC
Cortez Masto (D-NV)D-NV
Harris (D-CA)D-CA
Hassan (D-NH)D-NH
Kennedy (R-LA)R-LA
Young (R-IN)R-IN
Abstained (0)
None
No (17)
Leahy (D-VT)D-VT
Murray (D-WA)D-WA
Wyden (D-OR)D-OR
Durbin (D-IL)D-IL
Sanders (I-VT)I-VT
Tester (D-MT)D-MT
Merkley (D-OR)D-OR
Udall (D-NM)D-NM
Gillibrand (D-NY)D-NY
Blumenthal (D-CT)D-CT
Baldwin (D-WI)D-WI
Murphy (D-CT)D-CT
Warren (D-MA)D-MA
Markey (D-MA)D-MA
Booker (D-NJ)D-NJ
Duckworth (D-IL)D-IL
Van Hollen (D-MD)D-MD
Absent (2)
Alexander (R-TN)R-TN
Moran (R-KS)R-KS