The AFL-CIO supported the confirmation of Xavier Becerra to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Throughout his 24-year tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives, and later as California’s attorney general, Becerra fought to expand working people’s access to affordable health care. The Senate confirmed Becerra’s nomination on March 18, 2021.
Vote result: Passed
YEAs: 50
NAYs: 49
Legislator | State Sort ascending | Party | Vote | |
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Sen. Jon Ossoff | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Raphael Warnock | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Rick Scott | Republican | No | ||
Sen. Marco Rubio | Republican | No | ||
Sen. Christopher A. Coons | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Thomas R. Carper | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Richard Blumenthal | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Michael Bennet | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. John Hickenlooper | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Alex Padilla | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Dianne Feinstein | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema | ID ID | Yes | ||
Sen. Mark Kelly | Democrat | Yes | ||
Sen. Tom Cotton | Republican | No | ||
Sen. John Boozman | Republican | No | ||
Sen. Tommy Tuberville | Republican | No | ||
Sen. Richard C. Shelby | Republican | No | ||
Sen. Lisa Murkowski | Republican | No | ||
Sen. Dan Sullivan | Republican | No |