VOTES IN THE U.S. SENATE

CONFIRMING MERRICK GARLAND AS ATTORNEY GENERAL

Voting 70 for and 30 against, the Senate on Wednesday confirmed federal appeals Judge Merrick B. Garland, 68, as attorney general. Garland held Department of Justice positions under Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. In 2016, his nomination to the Supreme Court was blocked in the GOP-controlled Senate for 10 months and then withdrawn. A yes vote was to confirm the nominee.

Bob Casey, D

Pat Toomey, R

Yes: No: CONFIRMING MARCIA FUDGE AS SECRETARY OF HOUSING Voting 66 for and 34 against,

the Senate on Wednesday confirmed Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, D-Ohio, as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Fudge, 68, was a mayor in suburban Cleveland before entering Congress in 2009, and she once chaired the Congressional Black Caucus. A yes vote was to confirm the nominee. Casey

Toomey

Yes: No: CONFIRMING MICHAEL REGAN AS EPA CHIEF Voting 66 for and 34 against,

the Senate on Wednesday confirmed Michael S. Regan, 44, as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the first Black person to lead the agency in its 50-year history. A specialist in reducing air pollution, Regan served at the EPA under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and was secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. A yes vote was to confirm the nominee.

Yes: Casey

No: Toomey