Roll Call Vote #28 · 112th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 1, 2011, 5:29 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 112 to S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011) (S. 23)
Amendment S.Amdt. 112 (To require that the Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (52-47)
52 Yea
47 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 51 senators
50 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 47 senators
0 Yea / 47 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent 2 senators
2 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
No senators voted against their party's majority on this vote.
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 52
- 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)
Nay 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)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- 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)
Not Voting 1
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
Other Votes on S. 23
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Vote #27 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 121 to S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011)Amendment Agreed to (97-2) Mar 1, 2011
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Vote #30 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 115 to S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011)Amendment Rejected (58-40, 3/5 majority required) Mar 2, 2011
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Vote #31 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 133 to S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011)Motion to Table Agreed to (87-13) Mar 3, 2011
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Vote #34 On the Cloture Motion S. 23Cloture Motion Agreed to (87-3, 3/5 majority required) Mar 7, 2011
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Vote #35 On Passage of the Bill S. 23Bill Passed (95-5) Mar 8, 2011
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).