Roll Call Vote #106 · 112th Congress · Session 2 · May 24, 2012, 12:37 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2108 to S. 3187 (No short title on file)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2108 (To prohibit approval by the Food and Drug Administration of genetically engineered fish unless the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration concurs with such approval.)
Amendment Rejected (46-50, 3/5 majority required)
46 Yea
50 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
21 Yea / 10 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 29 senators
5 Yea / 22 Nay
2 not voting or present
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
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Kelly Ayotte (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Thomas Coburn (Republican–OK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Al Franken (Democrat–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kay Hagan (Democrat–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Kerry (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Claire McCaskill (Democrat–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Rob Portman (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jim Webb (Democrat–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 46
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger Wicker
- Ron Wyden
Nay 50
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Chris Coons
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mike Lee
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Rand Paul
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
Not Voting 4
- Richard Blumenthal
- Mike Crapo
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Mark Kirk (IL)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).