Roll Call Vote #230 · 112th Congress · Session 1 · Dec 15, 2011, 4:02 PM (ET)
On the Conference Report H.R. 1540 (H.R. 1540)
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Conference Report Agreed to (86-13)
86 Yea
13 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 51 senators
45 Yea / 6 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 47 senators
40 Yea / 6 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 2 senators
1 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Benjamin Cardin (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Thomas Coburn (Republican–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mike Crapo (Republican–ID) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James DeMint (Republican–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dick Durbin (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Al Franken (Democrat–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mike Lee (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jeff Merkley (Democrat–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Rand Paul (Republican–KY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jim Risch (Republican–ID) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bernie Sanders (Independent–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ron Wyden (Democrat–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 86
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal (CT)
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman (AR)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons (DE)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven (ND)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson (WI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- 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)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Marco Rubio (FL)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- John Thune (SD)
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Nay 13
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mike Lee (UT)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Rand Paul (KY)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 1
- Jerry Moran (KS)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).