Roll Call Vote #229 · 112th Congress · Session 1 · Dec 14, 2011, 11:39 AM (ET)
On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 10 (S.J.Res. 10)
Joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Joint Resolution Defeated (47-53, 2/3 majority required)
47 Yea
53 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 51 senators
0 Yea / 51 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Republican 47 senators
47 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 2 senators
0 Yea / 2 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
No senators voted against their party's majority on this vote.
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 47
- 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)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- 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)
- Rand Paul (KY)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio (FL)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- John Thune (SD)
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Nay 53
- 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)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).