Roll Call Vote #172 · 112th Congress · Session 1 · Oct 20, 2011, 12:31 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 769 to S.Amdt. 738 to H.R. 2112 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012)
Amendment S.Amdt. 769 (To prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from preventing an individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug from importing an FDA-approved prescription drug from Canada.)
Amendment Rejected (45-55, 3/5 majority required)
45 Yea
55 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
18 Yea / 13 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 29 senators
9 Yea / 20 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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Daniel Akaka (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Thomas Coburn (Republican–OK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Corker (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James DeMint (Republican–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kay Hagan (Democrat–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dean Heller (Republican–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Kerry (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Frank Lautenberg (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Joe Manchin, III (Independent–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Menendez (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Barbara Mikulski (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jeff Sessions, III (Republican–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Udall (Democrat–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Vitter (Republican–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jim Webb (Democrat–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 45
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal
- John Boozman
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Bob Casey
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Dean Heller (NV)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Mike Lee
- Carl Levin (MI)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Jeff Merkley
- Lisa Murkowski
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Rand Paul
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Tom Udall (NM)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 55
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Michael Bennet
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Chris Coons
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Dick Durbin
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- John Hoeven
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson
- John Kerry (MA)
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Jerry Moran
- Patty Murray
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio
- Chuck Schumer
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Roger Wicker
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).