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. Passed Senate, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative (pursuant to H.R. 2028, 114th Congress), without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 81 - 17. Record Vote Number: 27. (text: CR S307) Name Party State John Barrasso
Republican Wyoming Michael F. Bennet
Democratic Colorado Roy Blunt
Republican Missouri John Boozman
Republican Arkansas Sherrod Brown
Democratic Ohio Richard Burr
Republican North Carolina Maria Cantwell
Democratic Washington Shelley Moore Capito
Republican West Virginia Benjamin L. Cardin
Democratic Maryland Thomas R. Carper
Democratic Delaware Robert P. Casey
Democratic Pennsylvania Bill Cassidy
Republican Louisiana Thad Cochran
Republican Mississippi Susan M. Collins
Republican Maine Christopher A. Coons
Democratic Delaware Bob Corker
Republican Tennessee John Cornyn
Republican Texas Catherine Cortez Masto
Democratic Nevada Tom Cotton
Republican Arkansas Mike Crapo
Republican Idaho Ted Cruz
Republican Texas Steve Daines
Republican Montana Joe Donnelly
Democratic Indiana Michael B. Enzi
Republican Wyoming Joni Ernst
Republican Iowa Dianne Feinstein
Democratic California Deb Fischer
Republican Nebraska Jeff Flake
Republican Arizona Al Franken
Democratic Minnesota Cory Gardner
Republican Colorado Lindsey Graham
Republican South Carolina Chuck Grassley
Republican Iowa Kamala D. Harris
Democratic California Margaret Wood Hassan
Democratic New Hampshire Orrin G. Hatch
Republican Utah Martin Heinrich
Democratic New Mexico Heidi Heitkamp
Democratic North Dakota Dean Heller
Republican Nevada Mazie K. Hirono
Democratic Hawaii John Hoeven
Republican North Dakota James M. Inhofe
Republican Oklahoma Johnny Isakson
Republican Georgia Ron Johnson
Republican Wisconsin Tim Kaine
Democratic Virginia John Kennedy
Republican Louisiana Angus S. King
Independent Maine Amy Klobuchar
Democratic Minnesota James Lankford
Republican Oklahoma Mike Lee
Republican Utah
Name Party State Tammy Baldwin
Democratic Wisconsin Richard Blumenthal
Democratic Connecticut Cory A. Booker
Democratic New Jersey Tammy Duckworth
Democratic Illinois Richard J. Durbin
Democratic Illinois Kirsten E. Gillibrand
Democratic New York Patrick J. Leahy
Democratic Vermont
Name Party State Lamar Alexander
Republican Tennessee