Senate · 114th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 310
Senate vote senate-114-1-310
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Confirming a nominee
Official question: On the Nomination
Date: 11/30/2015
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 11/30/2015
Chamber
Senate
Data source
U.S. Senate (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 1
Roll number
310
Record identifier
senate-114-1-310
This is the canonical roll-call identifier stored in OurCongress.
What this vote does
On the Nomination No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Nomination Confirmed.
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Result
Official result: Nomination Confirmed
Required threshold (best-effort)
Simple majority (of those voting)
Note: This is a best-effort interpretation based on the vote question text.
Threshold check (computed)
Appears met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 86).
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 100
Not Voting list
14 members
Kelly Ayotte
Republican · NH
Vote: Not Voting
Richard Burr
Republican · NC
Vote: Not Voting
Ted Cruz
Republican · TX
Vote: Not Voting
Jeff Flake
Republican · AZ
Vote: Not Voting
Lindsey Graham
Republican · SC
Vote: Not Voting
Ron Johnson
Republican · WI
Vote: Not Voting
Mark Kirk
Republican · IL
Vote: Not Voting
John McCain
Republican · AZ
Vote: Not Voting
Robert Portman
Republican · OH
Vote: Not Voting
Marco Rubio
Republican · FL
Vote: Not Voting
Bernard Sanders
Independent · VT
Vote: Not Voting
Richard Shelby
Republican · AL
Vote: Not Voting
Thomas Tillis
Republican · NC
Vote: Not Voting
David Vitter
Republican · LA
Vote: Not Voting
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Last updated: 11/30/2015Roll call: senate-114-1-310