It’s official: Ben Carson confirmed as HUD secretary

Housing Wire ^ | 03/02/2017 | Brena Swanson

[SeekAndFind]

Ben Carson is now officially confirmed as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, following the Senate vote Thursday morning.

The approval locks in one of the few remaining cabinet members left to be approved.

The Senate floor voted the day before on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Carson, passing the vote 62-37. The significant majority vote gave Carson a likely green light to be confirmed on Thursday.

Despite a controversial start to his nomination, it turned out to be all bark and no bite as his hearing went fairly smooth.

The former neurosurgeon passed through the Committee On Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs with a unanimous vote of approval on Jan. 24 and is finally making its way to the Senate floor, becoming one of few remaining cabinet picks to be confirmed.

Carson managed to receive support from both sides of the isle, even winning the approval of Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

[Candor7]

Woot!

Attago Ben!

[Romans Nine]

Would rather have seen him with some major influence on healthcare.

Either way a good guy to have on your team.

MAGA

[Jonty30]

Until they find out he talked to a Russian immigrant.

[Sacajaweau]

Doctoring is his talent.

Urban life as a black was his life.

A good pick.

[9YearLurker]

Congratulations, Dr. Carson!

A nice move and a nice outcome for a well-acquitted 2016 presidential run.

Also a great pick IMO on President Trump’s part—now let’s hope Ben goes out and proves me right!

[Romans Nine]

Yes a great pick indeed.

[SeekAndFind]

SENATE ROLL CALL VOTE:

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---62
Alexander (R-TN) Barrasso (R-WY) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Brown (D-OH) Burr (R-NC) Capito (R-WV) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Cassidy (R-LA) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Cotton (R-AR) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX) Daines (R-MT) Donnelly (D-IN) Enzi (R-WY) Ernst (R-IA)	Fischer (R-NE) Flake (R-AZ) Gardner (R-CO) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Heitkamp (D-ND) Heller (R-NV) Hoeven (R-ND) Inhofe (R-OK) Johnson (R-WI) Kennedy (R-LA) King (I-ME) Lankford (R-OK) Lee (R-UT) Manchin (D-WV) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Menendez (D-NJ) Moran (R-KS) Murkowski (R-AK)	Paul (R-KY) Perdue (R-GA) Portman (R-OH) Reed (D-RI) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Rounds (R-SD) Rubio (R-FL) Sasse (R-NE) Scott (R-SC) Shelby (R-AL) Strange (R-AL) Sullivan (R-AK) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Tillis (R-NC) Toomey (R-PA) Warner (D-VA) Wicker (R-MS) Young (R-IN)

NAYs ---37
Baldwin (D-WI) Bennet (D-CO) Blumenthal (D-CT) Booker (D-NJ) Cantwell (D-WA) Casey (D-PA) Coons (D-DE) Cortez Masto (D-NV) Duckworth (D-IL) Durbin (D-IL) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY)	Harris (D-CA) Hassan (D-NH) Heinrich (D-NM) Hirono (D-HI) Kaine (D-VA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Leahy (D-VT) Markey (D-MA) McCaskill (D-MO) Merkley (D-OR) Murphy (D-CT) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL)	Peters (D-MI) Sanders (I-VT) Schatz (D-HI) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Stabenow (D-MI) Udall (D-NM) Van Hollen (D-MD) Warren (D-MA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 1
Isakson (R-GA)

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

  Grouped by Home State

Alabama:	Shelby (R-AL), Yea	Strange (R-AL), Yea
Alaska:	Murkowski (R-AK), Yea	Sullivan (R-AK), Yea
Arizona:	Flake (R-AZ), Yea	McCain (R-AZ), Yea
Arkansas:	Boozman (R-AR), Yea	Cotton (R-AR), Yea
California:	Feinstein (D-CA), Nay	Harris (D-CA), Nay
Colorado:	Bennet (D-CO), Nay	Gardner (R-CO), Yea
Connecticut:	Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay	Murphy (D-CT), Nay
Delaware:	Carper (D-DE), Yea	Coons (D-DE), Nay
Florida:	Nelson (D-FL), Nay	Rubio (R-FL), Yea
Georgia:	Isakson (R-GA), Not Voting	Perdue (R-GA), Yea
Hawaii:	Hirono (D-HI), Nay	Schatz (D-HI), Nay
Idaho:	Crapo (R-ID), Yea	Risch (R-ID), Yea
Illinois:	Duckworth (D-IL), Nay	Durbin (D-IL), Nay
Indiana:	Donnelly (D-IN), Yea	Young (R-IN), Yea
Iowa:	Ernst (R-IA), Yea	Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Kansas:	Moran (R-KS), Yea	Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Kentucky:	McConnell (R-KY), Yea	Paul (R-KY), Yea
Louisiana:	Cassidy (R-LA), Yea	Kennedy (R-LA), Yea
Maine:	Collins (R-ME), Yea	King (I-ME), Yea
Maryland:	Cardin (D-MD), Yea	Van Hollen (D-MD), Nay
Massachusetts:	Markey (D-MA), Nay	Warren (D-MA), Nay
Michigan:	Peters (D-MI), Nay	Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Minnesota:	Franken (D-MN), Nay	Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay
Mississippi:	Cochran (R-MS), Yea	Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Missouri:	Blunt (R-MO), Yea	McCaskill (D-MO), Nay
Montana:	Daines (R-MT), Yea	Tester (D-MT), Yea
Nebraska:	Fischer (R-NE), Yea	Sasse (R-NE), Yea
Nevada:	Cortez Masto (D-NV), Nay	Heller (R-NV), Yea
New Hampshire:	Hassan (D-NH), Nay	Shaheen (D-NH), Nay
New Jersey:	Booker (D-NJ), Nay	Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
New Mexico:	Heinrich (D-NM), Nay	Udall (D-NM), Nay
New York:	Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay	Schumer (D-NY), Nay
North Carolina:	Burr (R-NC), Yea	Tillis (R-NC), Yea
North Dakota:	Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea	Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Ohio:	Brown (D-OH), Yea	Portman (R-OH), Yea
Oklahoma:	Inhofe (R-OK), Yea	Lankford (R-OK), Yea
Oregon:	Merkley (D-OR), Nay	Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Pennsylvania:	Casey (D-PA), Nay	Toomey (R-PA), Yea
Rhode Island:	Reed (D-RI), Yea	Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay
South Carolina:	Graham (R-SC), Yea	Scott (R-SC), Yea
South Dakota:	Rounds (R-SD), Yea	Thune (R-SD), Yea
Tennessee:	Alexander (R-TN), Yea	Corker (R-TN), Yea
Texas:	Cornyn (R-TX), Yea	Cruz (R-TX), Yea
Utah:	Hatch (R-UT), Yea	Lee (R-UT), Yea
Vermont:	Leahy (D-VT), Nay	Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Virginia:	Kaine (D-VA), Nay	Warner (D-VA), Yea
Washington:	Cantwell (D-WA), Nay	Murray (D-WA), Nay
West Virginia:	Capito (R-WV), Yea	Manchin (D-WV), Yea
Wisconsin:	Baldwin (D-WI), Nay	Johnson (R-WI), Yea
Wyoming:	Barrasso (R-WY), Yea	Enzi (R-WY), Yea

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

[exit82]

That was the cloture vote taken yesterday, March 1st.

The vote today to confirm Carson was 58 Yes and 41 No

[dp0622]

Great post.

I wonder who the 10 dems were.

Where can one find that info out? Thanks ahead of time whomever answers :)

[SouthernerFromTheNorth]

62-37. That suggests there is a discontent among Democrats between the deep blue state wing that wants to block Trump at all costs, and those in red or marginal states that realize they can’t just be roadblocks if they want to be re-elected and move forward.

[RightField]

We Floridians ought to be able to get rid of Bill Nelson in 2018.
I'd love to see Allen West get the job.

[SouthernerFromTheNorth]

Dem Yeas: Brown (OH), Cardin (MD), Carper (DE), Donnelly (IN), Heitkamp (ND), King (ME), Manchin (WV), Menendez (NJ), Reed (RI), Tester (MT), Warner (VA)

Dem Nays in vulnerable 2018 seats (i.e. went for Trump, or for Clinton by less than 6 points): Baldwin (WI), Casey (PA), Kaine (WV), Klobuchar (MN), McCaskill (MO), Nelson (FL), Stabenow (MI)

[mountainfolk]

Congratulations Dr. Ben Carson. Secretary Carson has a background which covers medical concerns as well as the enviormental conditions that have a bearing on a number of other peripheral issues. HUD is now in very good hands.

[SeekAndFind]

As a New Yorker, I can tell you that have not seen Sen. Gillebrand vote ‘Yea’ on any cabinet nominee.

[SouthernerFromTheNorth]

Kaine is from VA, but still vulnerable. Error on my part there.

[dp0622]

Wow. Thanks.

2018 can end up being a very good year for us.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

I thought Allen West moved to Texas?

I would have loved to seen him remain in Florida and become a U.S. Senator.

[golas1964]

YAY!! It’s about time! :)

[SouthernerFromTheNorth]

Although an exceptional case, I would consider Menendez in NJ vulnerable too, since he is dealing with major scandals and indictment. That is probably the best case GOP pickup in a solid blue state.

Has Bernie Sanders decided if he is running again? If so, that is a super-safe seat since he is incredibly popular in Vermont. But if not, the populist agenda and anti-establishment tone could actually flip that state...