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Floor vote

Senate vote #1

On the Nomination PN12-1

Keith Bass, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense

Confirmed Congress 119 · Session 2 Jan 5, 2026 · 5:31 PM EST
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CONFIRMED
50–35
+15 margin
Democrats
6 33
Republicans
43 1
Independents
1 1
Majority threshold YES 50 35 NO
85 members voted · 15 Not Voting Passed by 15 votes
Crossed the aisle 8

Members who voted against their own party's majority position.

Democratic Voted NAY (33 against, 6 for), but 6 members below broke ranks and voted YEA.
Republican Voted YEA (42 for, 1 against), but 1 member below broke ranks and voted NAY.
Independent Voted YEA (1 for, 1 against), but 1 member below broke ranks and voted NAY.
 Voted yes 49
Banks R Boozman R Britt R Budd R Capito R Cassidy R Cornyn R Cotton R Crapo R Cruz R Curtis R Ernst R Fetterman D Fischer R Gallego D Grassley R Hagerty R Hawley R Hoeven R Husted R Hyde-Smith R Johnson R Justice R Kaine D Kennedy R King I Lankford R Lummis R Marshall R McConnell R McCormick R Moody R Moreno R Paul R Reed D Ricketts R Risch R Rosen D Rounds R Schmitt R R. Scott R T. Scott R Shaheen D Sullivan R Thune R Tillis R Tuberville R Wicker R Young R
 Voted no 35
Alsobrooks D Baldwin D Bennet D Blumenthal D Booker D Cantwell D Collins R Cortez Masto D Duckworth D Durbin D Gillibrand D Hassan D Heinrich D Hickenlooper D Hirono D Kim D Klobuchar D Luján D Merkley D Murphy D Murray D Ossoff D Padilla D Peters D Sanders I Schatz D Schiff D Schumer D Slotkin D Smith D Van Hollen D Warner D Warren D Whitehouse D Wyden D
Present or didn't vote
Didn't vote · 15
Barrasso R Blackburn R Blunt Rochester D Coons D Cramer R Daines R Graham R Kelly D Lee R Markey D Moran R Murkowski R Sheehy R Warnock D Welch D
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