Roll Call Vote #113 · 112th Congress · Session 2 · May 24, 2012, 4:02 PM (ET)
On Passage of the Bill S. 2343 (S. 2343)
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, and for other purposes.
Bill Defeated (51-43, 3/5 majority required)
51 Yea
43 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
30 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 29 senators
0 Yea / 24 Nay
5 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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Jim Webb (Democrat–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 51
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- 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
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- 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
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 43
- 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
- James DeMint (SC)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson
- Mike Lee
- 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)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Roger Wicker
Not Voting 5
- Richard Blumenthal
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
Present 1
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
Other Votes on S. 2343
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Vote #89 On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2343Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (52-45, 3/5 majority required) May 8, 2012
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).