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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)

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
← Vote #27 Vote #29 →

How the Parties Voted

Democrat 31 senators

30 Yea / 0 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Republican 29 senators

0 Yea / 29 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Independent Democrat 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Independent 1 senator

1 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

Nay 47

Not Voting 1

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).