Roll Call Vote #11 · 112th Congress · Session 2 · Feb 2, 2012, 4:41 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1488 to S.Amdt. 1470 to S. 2038 (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1488 (To express the sense of the Senate that the Senate should pass a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution that limits the number of terms a Member of Congress may serve.)
Amendment Rejected (24-75, 3/5 majority required)
24 Yea
75 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
0 Yea / 31 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
14 Yea / 14 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
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 -
Roy Blunt (Republican–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Scott Brown (Republican–MA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Thomas Coburn (Republican–OK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Corker (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James DeMint (Republican–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Dean Heller (Republican–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mike Johanns (Republican–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joe Manchin, III (Independent–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Rob Portman (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jeff Sessions, III (Republican–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Patrick Toomey (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
David Vitter (Republican–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 24
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson
- Mike Lee
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Jerry Moran
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Marco Rubio
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
Nay 75
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Dick Durbin
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- John Hoeven
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- 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)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger Wicker
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 1
- Mark Kirk (IL)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).