Nomination Votes by Al Franken (D-Minn.)

Sen. Franken cast 94 nomination votes in the 115th Congress (2017-18).

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Date Nominee Outcome Yes - No Position Party position
Dec. 19, 2017

Jennifer Gillian Newstead, of New York, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State

Nomination Confirmed 88 - 11 No Yes
Dec. 18, 2017

Owen West, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense

Nomination Confirmed 74 - 23 No None
Dec. 18, 2017

J. Paul Compton, Jr., of Alabama, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

Nomination Confirmed 62 - 34 No No
Dec. 14, 2017

James C. Ho, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 53 - 43 No No
Dec. 13, 2017

Don R. Willett, of Texas, to be a Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 50 - 47 No No
Dec. 12, 2017

Leonard Steven Grasz, of Nebraska, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 50 - 48 No No
Dec. 7, 2017

Joseph Balash, of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior

Nomination Confirmed 61 - 38 Not Voting No
Dec. 5, 2017

Kirstjen Nielsen, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security

Nomination Confirmed 62 - 37 No No
Nov. 28, 2017

Gregory G. Katsas, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 50 - 48 No No
Nov. 27, 2017

Dabney Langhorne Friedrich, of California, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia

Nomination Confirmed 97 - 3 Yes Yes
Nov. 16, 2017

Donald C. Coggins, Jr., of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina

Nomination Confirmed 96 - 0 Not Voting Yes
Nov. 16, 2017

Joseph Otting, of Nevada, to be Comptroller of the Currency for a term of five years

Nomination Confirmed 54 - 43 Not Voting No
Nov. 15, 2017

David G. Zatezalo, of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health

Nomination Confirmed 52 - 46 No No
Nov. 15, 2017

Mark T. Esper, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Army

Nomination Confirmed 89 - 6 Yes Yes
Nov. 14, 2017

Steven Gill Bradbury, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation

Nomination Confirmed 50 - 47 No No
Nov. 13, 2017

Derek Kan, of California, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy

Nomination Confirmed 90 - 7 Yes Yes
Nov. 9, 2017

William L. Wehrum, of Delaware, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Nomination Confirmed 49 - 47 No No
Nov. 8, 2017

Peter B. Robb, of Vermont, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board for a term of four years

Nomination Confirmed 49 - 46 No No
Nov. 7, 2017

Steven Andrew Engel, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General

Nomination Confirmed 51 - 47 No No
Nov. 7, 2017

John H. Gibson II, of Texas, to be Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense

Nomination Confirmed 91 - 7 Yes Yes
Nov. 2, 2017

Stephanos Bibas, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 53 - 43 No No
Nov. 2, 2017

Allison H. Eid, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 56 - 41 No No
Nov. 1, 2017

Joan Louise Larsen, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 60 - 38 No No
Oct. 31, 2017

Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 55 - 43 No No
Oct. 30, 2017

Trevor N. McFadden, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia

Nomination Confirmed 84 - 10 Yes Yes
Oct. 26, 2017

Scott L. Palk, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma

Nomination Confirmed 79 - 16 Yes Yes
Oct. 17, 2017

David Joel Trachtenberg, of Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense

Nomination Confirmed 79 - 17 No Yes
Oct. 16, 2017

Callista L. Gingrich, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Holy See

Nomination Confirmed 70 - 23 Yes None
Oct. 5, 2017

Lee Francis Cissna, of Maryland, to be Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security

Nomination Confirmed 54 - 43 No No
Oct. 5, 2017

Randal Quarles, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of fourteen years from February 1, 2004

Nomination Confirmed 65 - 32 No No
Oct. 4, 2017

Eric D. Hargan, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services

Nomination Confirmed 57 - 38 No No
Oct. 2, 2017

Ajit Varadaraj Pai, of Kansas, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2016

Nomination Confirmed 52 - 41 No No
Sept. 28, 2017

Ralph R. Erickson, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 95 - 1 Yes Yes
Sept. 27, 2017

Makan Delrahim, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General

Nomination Confirmed 73 - 21 Yes None
Sept. 27, 2017

Heath P. Tarbert, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

Nomination Confirmed 87 - 8 Yes Yes
Sept. 25, 2017

William J. Emanuel, of California, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2021

Nomination Confirmed 49 - 47 No No
Sept. 19, 2017

Noel J. Francisco, of the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the United States

Nomination Confirmed 50 - 47 No No
Sept. 14, 2017

Pamela Hughes Patenaude, of New Hampshire, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Nomination Confirmed 80 - 17 Yes Yes
Sept. 12, 2017

Kevin Allen Hassett, of Massachusetts, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers

Nomination Confirmed 81 - 16 Yes Yes
Sept. 5, 2017

Timothy J. Kelly, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia

Nomination Confirmed 94 - 2 Yes Yes
Aug. 3, 2017

Dan R. Brouillette, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy

Nomination Confirmed 79 - 17 No Yes
Aug. 2, 2017

Marvin Kaplan, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2020

Nomination Confirmed 50 - 48 No No
Aug. 1, 2017

Kevin Christopher Newsom, of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 66 - 31 Not Voting No
Aug. 1, 2017

Christopher A. Wray, of Georgia, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a term of ten years

Nomination Confirmed 92 - 5 Not Voting Yes
July 24, 2017

David Bernhardt, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior

Nomination Confirmed 53 - 43 No No
July 20, 2017

John Kenneth Bush, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 51 - 47 No No
July 18, 2017

Patrick M. Shanahan, of Washington, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense

Nomination Confirmed 92 - 7 Yes Yes
July 13, 2017

William Francis Hagerty IV, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to Japan

Nomination Confirmed 86 - 12 Yes Yes
July 12, 2017

David C. Nye, of Idaho, to be United States District Judge for the District of Idaho

Nomination Confirmed 100 - 0 Yes Yes
July 10, 2017

Neomi Rao, of the District of Columbia, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget

Nomination Confirmed 54 - 41 No No
June 26, 2017

Kristine L. Svinicki, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2022

Nomination Confirmed 88 - 9 Yes Yes
June 22, 2017

Marshall Billingslea, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Department of the Treasury

Nomination Confirmed 65 - 35 No No
June 21, 2017

Sigal Mandelker, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes

Nomination Confirmed 96 - 4 Yes Yes
June 20, 2017

Brock Long, of North Carolina, to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security

Nomination Confirmed 95 - 4 Yes Yes
June 12, 2017

Kenneth P. Rapuano, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense

Nomination Confirmed 95 - 1 Yes Yes
June 8, 2017

Scott P. Brown, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Independent State of Samoa

Nomination Confirmed 94 - 4 Yes Yes
June 6, 2017

Courtney Elwood, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency

Nomination Confirmed 67 - 33 No No
May 25, 2017

Amul R. Thapar, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 52 - 44 No No
May 24, 2017

John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State

Nomination Confirmed 94 - 6 Yes Yes
May 22, 2017

Terry Branstad, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of China

Nomination Confirmed 82 - 13 Yes Yes
May 18, 2017

Rachel L. Brand, of Iowa, to be Associate Attorney General

Nomination Confirmed 52 - 46 No No
May 16, 2017

Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation

Nomination Confirmed 56 - 42 No No
May 11, 2017

Robert Lighthizer, of Florida, to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador

Nomination Confirmed 82 - 14 Yes Yes
May 9, 2017

Scott Gottlieb, of Connecticut, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services

Nomination Confirmed 57 - 42 No No
May 8, 2017

Heather Wilson, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of the Air Force

Nomination Confirmed 76 - 22 No Yes
May 2, 2017

Jay Clayton, of New York, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2021

Nomination Confirmed 61 - 37 No No
April 27, 2017

R. Alexander Acosta, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor

Nomination Confirmed 60 - 38 No No
April 25, 2017

Rod J. Rosenstein, of Maryland, to be Deputy Attorney General

Nomination Confirmed 94 - 6 Yes Yes
April 24, 2017

Sonny Perdue, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Agriculture

Nomination Confirmed 87 - 11 Yes Yes
April 7, 2017

Neil M. Gorsuch, of Colorado, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Nomination Confirmed 54 - 45 No No
April 4, 2017

Elaine C. Duke, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

Nomination Confirmed 85 - 14 Yes Yes
March 23, 2017

David Friedman, of New York, to be Ambassador to Israel

Nomination Confirmed 52 - 46 No No
March 21, 2017

Danny C. Reeves, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2019; and Charles R. Breyer, of California, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2021

Nomination Confirmed 98 - 0 Yes Yes
March 15, 2017

Lt. Gen. Herbert R. McMaster, Jr., in the Army, to be Lieutenant General

Nomination Confirmed 86 - 10 Yes Yes
March 15, 2017

Daniel Coats, of Indiana, to be Director of National Intelligence

Nomination Confirmed 85 - 12 Yes Yes
March 13, 2017

Seema Verma, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Nomination Confirmed 55 - 43 No No
March 2, 2017

James Richard Perry, of Texas, to be Secretary of Energy

Nomination Confirmed 62 - 37 No No
March 2, 2017

Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., of Florida, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Nomination Confirmed 58 - 41 No No
March 1, 2017

Ryan Zinke, of Montana, to be Secretary of the Interior

Nomination Confirmed 68 - 31 No No
Feb. 28, 2017

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., of Florida, to be Secretary of Commerce

Nomination Confirmed 72 - 27 No No
Feb. 17, 2017

Scott Pruitt, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Nomination Confirmed 52 - 46 No No
Feb. 16, 2017

Mick Mulvaney, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Nomination Confirmed 51 - 49 No No
Feb. 14, 2017

Linda E. McMahon, of Connecticut, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration

Nomination Confirmed 81 - 19 Yes Yes
Feb. 13, 2017

David J. Shulkin, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Nomination Confirmed 100 - 0 Yes Yes
Feb. 13, 2017

Steven T. Mnuchin, of California, to be Secretary of the Treasury

Nomination Confirmed 53 - 47 No No
Feb. 10, 2017

Thomas Price, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services

Nomination Confirmed 52 - 47 No No
Feb. 8, 2017

Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General

Nomination Confirmed 52 - 47 No No
Feb. 7, 2017

Elisabeth Prince DeVos, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Education

Nomination Confirmed 50 - 50 No No
Feb. 1, 2017

Rex W. Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State

Nomination Confirmed 56 - 43 No No
Jan. 31, 2017

Elaine L. Chao, of Kentucky, to be Secretary of Transportation

Nomination Confirmed 93 - 6 Yes Yes
Jan. 24, 2017

Nikki R. Haley, of South Carolina, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations; and Nikki R. Haley, of South Carolina, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations

Nomination Confirmed 96 - 4 Yes Yes
Jan. 23, 2017

Mike Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Nomination Confirmed 66 - 32 No No
Jan. 20, 2017

John F. Kelly, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security

Nomination Confirmed 88 - 11 Yes Yes
Jan. 20, 2017

James Mattis, of Washington, to be Secretary of Defense

Nomination Confirmed 98 - 1 Yes Yes
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