Politics

How Your Senator Voted on President Trump's EPA Pick

February 17th 2017

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt was confirmed as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday, his nomination approved by approved with a 52-46 vote.

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Here's what you need to know about the next head of the EPA:

  • Pruitt is a vocal climate skeptic who has questioned whether human activity is causing global warming.
  • As Oklahoma's attorney general, Pruitt repeatedly sued the EPA over "politically motivated" environmental regulations.
  • Oil and gas companies contributed more than $215,000 to Pruitt's 2010 and 2014 campaigns, according to an investigation by The New York Times.
  • Pruitt will now be responsible for shaping the federal government's environmental agenda.

Here's how your senator voted on Pruitt's confirmation.

Voted “yes”:

  • Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)
  • Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.)
  • Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)
  • Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)
  • Ben Sasse (R-Neb.)
  • Luther Strange (R-Ala.)
  • Dean Heller (R-Nev.)
  • Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
  • Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)
  • Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
  • Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.)
  • Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)
  • Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)
  • Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)
  • Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)
  • Todd Young (R-Ind.)
  • Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
  • John Thune (R-S.D.)
  • Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)
  • Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.)
  • Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)
  • Michael Rounds (R-S.D.)
  • Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)
  • Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
  • Rob Portman (R-Ohio)
  • David Perdue (R-Ga.)
  • Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
  • Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
  • Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
  • Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
  • Mike Lee (R-Utah)
  • James Lankford (R-Okla.)
  • John Kennedy (R-La.)
  • James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)
  • John Hoeven (R-N.D.)
  • Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
  • Cory Gardner (R-Colo.)
  • Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)
  • Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
  • Steve Daines (R-Mont.)
  • Ted Cruz (R-Tex.)
  • Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)
  • Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
  • John Cornyn (R-Tex.)
  • Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)
  • Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)
  • Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
  • Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)
  • Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)
  • John Boozman (R-Ark.)
  • John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)
  • Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

Voted “no”:

  • Susan Collins (R-Me.)
  • Bob Casey (D-Pa.)
  • Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)
  • Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)
  • Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)
  • Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)
  • Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
  • Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
  • Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
  • Mark Warner (D-Va.)
  • Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)
  • Tom Udall (D-N.M.)
  • Jon Tester (D-Mont.)
  • Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)
  • Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)
  • Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
  • Gary Peters (D-Mich.)
  • Jack Reed (D-R.I.)
  • Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)
  • Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
  • Christopher S. Murphy (D-Conn.)
  • Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)
  • Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)
  • Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)
  • Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)
  • Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
  • Tim Kaine (D-Va.)
  • Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii)
  • Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)
  • Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)
  • Kamala Harris (D-Calif.)
  • Al Franken (D-Minn.)
  • Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
  • Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)
  • Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)
  • Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
  • Chris Coons (D-Del.)
  • Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)
  • Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.)
  • Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
  • Cory Booker (D-N.J.)
  • Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
  • Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)
  • Tammy Baldwin (I-Wis.)
  • Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
  • Angus King (I-Me.)