Roll Call Vote #160 · 112th Congress · Session 1 · Oct 11, 2011, 6:34 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S. 1660 (S. 1660)
A bill to provide tax relief for American workers and businesses, to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America, and to provide pathways back to work for Americans looking for jobs.
Cloture Motion Rejected (50-49, 3/5 majority required)
50 Yea
49 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 51 senators
48 Yea / 3 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 47 senators
0 Yea / 46 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 2 senators
2 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jon Tester (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 50
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal (CT)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons (DE)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 49
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman (AR)
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven (ND)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson (WI)
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mike Lee (UT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Jerry Moran (KS)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Rand Paul (KY)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio (FL)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- John Thune (SD)
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Not Voting 1
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).