Roll Call Vote #220 · 112th Congress · Session 1 · Dec 1, 2011, 8:46 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Proceed S. 1931 (S. 1931)
A bill to provide civilian payroll tax relief, to reduce the Federal budget deficit, and for other purposes.
Motion to Proceed Rejected (20-78, 3/5 majority required)
20 Yea
78 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
0 Yea / 30 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
9 Yea / 19 Nay
1 not voting or present
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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Kelly Ayotte (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Scott Brown (Republican–MA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Michael Enzi (Republican–WY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Dean Heller (Republican–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Rob Portman (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) 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 20
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Susan Collins
- Mike Crapo
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Chuck Grassley
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jim Risch
- Marco Rubio
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 78
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- James DeMint (SC)
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Mike Lee
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Jerry Moran
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 2
- John Kerry (MA)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
Other Votes on S. 1931
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Vote #225 On the Motion to Proceed S. 1931Motion to Proceed Rejected (22-76, 3/5 majority required) Dec 8, 2011
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).