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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere are the 7 Dem Senators who voted for Noem as DHS Secretary (and the 6 Dem Caucus Senators who didn't vote)
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00017.htmSen. John Fetterman (Pa.)
Sen. Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.)
Sen. Andy Kim (N.J.)
Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (Mich.)
The 6 Dem Caucus Senators who did not vote:
Angus King (I-Maine)
Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)
Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
Tina Smith (D-Minn.)
Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.)
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
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Here are the 7 Dem Senators who voted for Noem as DHS Secretary (and the 6 Dem Caucus Senators who didn't vote) (Original Post)
Celerity
17 hrs ago
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Coventina
(29,349 posts)1. Glad to see neither of my senators are on either list.
W_HAMILTON
(10,187 posts)2. 59 Yeas minus 7 Dems that voted for her means she still gets approved.
We can purify every single one of those 14 out of our party and Noem would still be right where she is.
Let's stay focused on what actually matters, which is voting Republicans out of office.
MadameButterfly
(3,828 posts)4. i agree, this is not the hill to die on
given we need these Senators re-elected and I expect that was their calculation. Let them risk their positions of votes they can win.
ABC123Easy
(111 posts)3. Why?
Kaine is ALWAYS on lists like this.
Americanme
(414 posts)5. Both Michigan Senators voted to confirm.
I don't understand. None of his cabinet picks were qualified, why make it easy for him? Force him to nominate better people.