Roll Call Vote #2 · 112th Congress · Session 2 · Jan 26, 2012, 11:57 AM (ET)
On the Motion to Proceed H.J.Res. 98 (H.J.Res. 98)
A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, as submitted under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, on January 12, 2012.
Motion to Proceed Rejected (44-52)
44 Yea
52 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
1 Yea / 30 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
24 Yea / 1 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
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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Scott Brown (Republican–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Joe Manchin, III (Independent–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 44
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- 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
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mike Lee
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 52
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Scott Brown (MA)
- 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)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- 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
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 4
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).