Senate Roll Call 27, 115th Congress · January 12, 2017
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.
Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
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.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.
How this vote is scored
Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.
- Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.85) A waiver for a cabinet nominee is procedural and does not alter military policy.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (81)
- John Barrasso
- Michael F. Bennet
- Roy Blunt
- John Boozman
- Sherrod Brown
- Richard Burr
- Maria Cantwell
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Bill Cassidy
- Thad Cochran
- Susan M. Collins
- Christopher A. Coons
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Tom Cotton
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Steve Daines
- Joe Donnelly
- Michael B. Enzi
- Joni Ernst
- Dianne Feinstein
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake
- Al Franken
- Cory Gardner
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Kamala D. Harris
- Margaret Wood Hassan
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Dean Heller
- Mazie K. Hirono
- John Hoeven
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- John Kennedy
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Amy Klobuchar
- James Lankford
- Mike Lee
- Joe Manchin, III
- John McCain
- Claire McCaskill
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez
- Lisa Murkowski
- Bill Nelson
- Rand Paul
- David Perdue
- Gary C. Peters
- Rob Portman
- Jack Reed
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Mike Rounds
- Marco Rubio
- Ben Sasse
- Brian Schatz
- Charles E. Schumer
- Tim Scott
- Jeff Sessions
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard C. Shelby
- Debbie Stabenow
- Dan Sullivan
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis
- Patrick J. Toomey
- Mark R. Warner
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger F. Wicker
- Todd Young
Nay (17)
Not voting or present (2)
- Lamar AlexanderDid not vote
- Jerry MoranDid not vote
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