Roll Call Vote #73 · 112th Congress · Session 1 · May 18, 2011, 2:30 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Proceed S. 953 (S. 953)
A bill to authorize the conduct of certain lease sales in the Outer Continental Shelf, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to modify the requirements for exploration, and for other purposes.
Motion to Proceed Rejected (42-57)
42 Yea
57 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
0 Yea / 30 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
25 Yea / 4 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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James DeMint (Republican–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Vitter (Republican–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 42
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 57
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons
- James DeMint (SC)
- 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
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Mike Lee
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 1
- Max Baucus (MT)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).