Roll Call Vote #31 · 112th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 3, 2011, 12:32 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 133 to S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011)
Amendment S.Amdt. 133 (To strike the first inventor to file requirement.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (87-13)
87 Yea
13 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
24 Yea / 7 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 29 senators
28 Yea / 1 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 Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Barbara Boxer (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Ensign (Republican–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bill Nelson (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 87
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- James DeMint (SC)
- Dick Durbin
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- John Hoeven
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Mike Lee
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger Wicker
Nay 13
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Maria Cantwell
- Mike Crapo
- John Ensign (NV)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jim Risch
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Jon Tester
- Ron Wyden
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).