Below are the results of Monday night's 56-26 vote to confirm Janet Yellen to be the next Federal Reserve Chair. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid still refuses to hold a vote on Audit the Fed, but Campaign for Liberty will continue educating and mobilizing Americans to advance this issue.
Unfortunately, Senator Paul's flight to D.C. from Kentucky was delayed by weather today. Though he missed the vote, Senator Paul delivered a speech on the Senate floor after arriving to strongly advocate for an audit.
Senator Cruz released a statement noting his opposition to Yellen's nomination and calling for an audit of the Fed (read the full statement here), saying:
I'm also troubled that Ms. Yellen continues to oppose full transparency at the Fed -- we need to audit the Fed now, so the American people can fully understand the scope and consequences of its recent extraordinary policies.
According to The New York Times, tonight's vote was "the thinnest margin of Senate approval for a Fed chairman in the central bank’s history." Our members have already helped us bring this issue to the mainstream of political debate and change that discussion, and we must press on to victory.
Keep the pressure on the Senate by contacting your senators today and urging them to support S. 209, the Audit the Fed bill!
Alexander (R-TN), Yea Ayotte (R-NH), Yea Baldwin (D-WI), Not Voting Barrasso (R-WY), Nay Baucus (D-MT), Yea Begich (D-AK), Not Voting Bennet (D-CO), Yea Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea Blunt (R-MO), Nay Booker (D-NJ), Yea Boozman (R-AR), Nay Boxer (D-CA), Yea Brown (D-OH), Yea Burr (R-NC), Yea Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Cardin (D-MD), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Coats (R-IN), Yea Coburn (R-OK), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Nay Collins (R-ME), Yea Coons (D-DE), Yea Corker (R-TN), Yea Cornyn (R-TX), Nay Crapo (R-ID), Nay Cruz (R-TX), Nay Donnelly (D-IN), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Not Voting Enzi (R-WY), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Fischer (R-NE), Nay Flake (R-AZ), Yea |
Franken (D-MN), Yea Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea Graham (R-SC), Not Voting Grassley (R-IA), Nay Hagan (D-NC), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Not Voting Hatch (R-UT), Not Voting Heinrich (D-NM), Yea Heitkamp (D-ND), Not Voting Heller (R-NV), Nay Hirono (D-HI), Yea Hoeven (R-ND), Nay Inhofe (R-OK), Nay Isakson (R-GA), Nay Johanns (R-NE), Nay Johnson (D-SD), Yea Johnson (R-WI), Nay Kaine (D-VA), Yea King (I-ME), Not Voting Kirk (R-IL), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Lee (R-UT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Yea Manchin (D-WV), Yea Markey (D-MA), Not Voting McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting McCaskill (D-MO), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Not Voting Menendez (D-NJ), Yea Merkley (D-OR), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Moran (R-KS), Not Voting |
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murphy (D-CT), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Yea Paul (R-KY), Not Voting Portman (R-OH), Not Voting Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea Risch (R-ID), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Nay Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Rubio (R-FL), Nay Sanders (I-VT), Not Voting Schatz (D-HI), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Scott (R-SC), Nay Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shaheen (D-NH), Not Voting Shelby (R-AL), Nay Stabenow (D-MI), Yea Tester (D-MT), Yea Thune (R-SD), Not Voting Toomey (R-PA), Nay Udall (D-CO), Yea Udall (D-NM), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Nay Warner (D-VA), Yea Warren (D-MA), Not Voting Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea Wicker (R-MS), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Yea |