Roll Call Vote #127 · 112th Congress · Session 1 · Sep 8, 2011, 4:37 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 595 to H.R. 1249 (Leahy-Smith America Invents Act)
Amendment S.Amdt. 595 (To establish a transitional program for covered business method patents.)
Amendment Rejected (13-85)
13 Yea
85 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
4 Yea / 26 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
5 Yea / 24 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Barbara Boxer (Democrat–CA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Thomas Coburn (Republican–OK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James DeMint (Republican–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Claire McCaskill (Democrat–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jeff Sessions, III (Republican–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Udall (Democrat–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
David Vitter (Republican–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 13
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Maria Cantwell
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Ron Johnson
- Mike Lee
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Patty Murray
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- David Vitter (LA)
Nay 85
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Dick Durbin
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger Wicker
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 1
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Present 1
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).