Hagel gets the vote.
Seen on C-SPAN2: U.S. Senate confirms Chuck #Hagel to be the next Secretary of Defense, 58-41. twitpic.com/c73ddj
— CSPAN (@cspan) February 26, 2013
And the reaction:
Getting live reaction from the Friends of Hamas HQ to the Hagel confirmation. twitpic.com/c73b42
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) February 26, 2013
Vote Count (Cloture):
Here’s the roll call vote of senators who voted to end debate on the Hagel nomination, clearing the way for his… fb.me/1VfDqSNlU
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) February 26, 2013
The 4 Aye Votes:
The four GOP “Aye” votes for Hagel: Cochran, Johanns, Shelby and Paul.
— Major Garrett(@MajorCBS) February 26, 2013
Largest number of NAY Votes...since 1989.
Rand Paul explains his Yes vote.
Confirmation vote tally: Shelby, Cochran, Paul and Johanns confirmed as only Republican YAY votes. Lautenburg is lone non-vote. Every single Dem voted YAY.
Grouped By Vote Position
| YEAs —58 | ||
| Baldwin (D-WI) Baucus (D-MT) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Blumenthal (D-CT) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Cochran (R-MS) Coons (D-DE) Cowan (D-MA) Donnelly (D-IN) Durbin (D-IL) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY) Hagan (D-NC) |
Harkin (D-IA) Heinrich (D-NM) Heitkamp (D-ND) Hirono (D-HI) Johanns (R-NE) Johnson (D-SD) Kaine (D-VA) King (I-ME) Klobuchar (D-MN) Landrieu (D-LA) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Manchin (D-WV) McCaskill (D-MO) Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR) Mikulski (D-MD) Murphy (D-CT) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) |
Paul (R-KY) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Schatz (D-HI) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Shelby (R-AL) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Warner (D-VA) Warren (D-MA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR) |
| NAYs —41 | ||
| Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Barrasso (R-WY) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coats (R-IN) Coburn (R-OK) Collins (R-ME) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX) |
Enzi (R-WY) Fischer (R-NE) Flake (R-AZ) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Heller (R-NV) Hoeven (R-ND) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johnson (R-WI) Kirk (R-IL) Lee (R-UT) McCain (R-AZ) |
McConnell (R-KY) Moran (R-KS) Murkowski (R-AK) Portman (R-OH) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Rubio (R-FL) Scott (R-SC) Sessions (R-AL) Thune (R-SD) Toomey (R-PA) Vitter (R-LA) Wicker (R-MS) |
| Not Voting – 1 | ||
| Lautenberg (D-NJ) | ||
