Roll Call Vote #30 · 112th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 2, 2011, 5:16 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 115 to S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011)
Amendment S.Amdt. 115 (To express the sense of the Senate in support of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.)
Amendment Rejected (58-40, 3/5 majority required)
58 Yea
40 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
6 Yea / 23 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
29 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Mark Begich (Democrat–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joe Manchin, III (Independent–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Claire McCaskill (Democrat–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bill Nelson (Democrat–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Udall (Democrat–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 58
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Tom Carper
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- John Hoeven
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mike Lee
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 40
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Bob Casey
- Chris Coons
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 2
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).