Gorsuch Nomination, Supreme Court: Rules Change

Vote to sustain the decision of the Chair that Supreme Court nominees must pass a 60-vote threshold. Vote failed. This rules change lowered the threshold to a simple majority.

This measure positively impacts reproductive freedom.

April 6, 2017

Voting Record

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Name	State/Territory	Chamber	Party	How they voted yea Vote for/in favor of nay Vote against — Abstained, absent, ineligible, present, resigned or deceased L Leader switched vote to preserve right to file a motion to reconsider S The speaker exercised their discretion not to vote
Lamar Alexander	Tennessee	Senate	Republican	nay
Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin	Senate	Democratic	yea
John Barrasso	Wyoming	Senate	Republican	nay
Michael Bennet	Colorado	Senate	Democratic	yea
Richard Blumenthal	Connecticut	Senate	Democratic	yea
Roy Blunt	Missouri	Senate	Republican	nay
Cory Booker	New Jersey	Senate	Democratic	yea
John Boozman	Arkansas	Senate	Republican	nay
Sherrod Brown	Ohio	Senate	Democratic	yea
Richard Burr	North Carolina	Senate	Republican	nay
Maria Cantwell	Washington	Senate	Democratic	yea
Shelley Moore Capito	West Virginia	Senate	Republican	nay
Ben Cardin	Maryland	Senate	Democratic	yea
Tom Carper	Delaware	Senate	Democratic	yea
Bob Casey	Pennsylvania	Senate	Democratic	yea
Bill Cassidy	Louisiana	Senate	Republican	nay
Thad Cochran	Mississippi	Senate	Republican	nay
Susan Collins	Maine	Senate	Republican	nay
Chris Coons	Delaware	Senate	Democratic	yea
Bob Corker	Tennessee	Senate	Republican	nay
John Cornyn	Texas	Senate	Republican	nay
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada	Senate	Democratic	yea
Tom Cotton	Arkansas	Senate	Republican	nay
Mike Crapo	Idaho	Senate	Republican	nay
Ted Cruz	Texas	Senate	Republican	nay