History made (Image via HRC) In a historic first, the Senate has voted 86-13 to confirm Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary.
With the vote, he becomes the first out LGBTQ person confirmed by the Senate for a Cabinet post. One senator did not vote: Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania) The naysaying senators: Marsha Blackburn (R-Mississippi) Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee) Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) Marco Rubio (R-Florida) Rick Scott (R-Florida) Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) Tommy Tuberville (R-Arkansas)