Roll Call Vote #70 · 112th Congress · Session 2 · Apr 24, 2012, 3:38 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2033 to S.Amdt. 2000 to S. 1789 (21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012) (S. 1789)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2033 (To establish the Commission on Postal Reorganization.)
Amendment Rejected (30-69, 3/5 majority required)
30 Yea
69 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 51 senators
0 Yea / 51 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Republican 47 senators
30 Yea / 16 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 2 senators
0 Yea / 2 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Kelly Ayotte (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Barrasso (Republican–WY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Boozman (Republican–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Scott Brown (Republican–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Corker (Republican–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Michael Enzi (Republican–WY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Chuck Grassley (Republican–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dean Heller (Republican–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Hoeven (Republican–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jerry Moran (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pat Roberts (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Thune (Republican–SD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 30
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mike Lee (UT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Rand Paul (KY)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Marco Rubio (FL)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Nay 69
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal (CT)
- John Boozman (AR)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons (DE)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven (ND)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- 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 (OR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Jerry Moran (KS)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- John Thune (SD)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 1
- Mark Kirk (IL)
Other Votes on S. 1789
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Vote #60 On the Cloture Motion S. 1789Cloture Motion Rejected (51-46, 3/5 majority required) Mar 27, 2012
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Vote #66 On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 1789Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (74-22, 3/5 majority required) Apr 17, 2012
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Vote #71 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2061 to S.Amdt. 2000 to S. 1789 (21st Century Postal S…Amendment Rejected (33-65, 3/5 majority required) Apr 24, 2012
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Vote #72 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2043 to S.Amdt. 2000 to S. 1789 (21st Century Postal S…Amendment Rejected (43-56, 3/5 majority required) Apr 24, 2012
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Vote #73 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2034 to S.Amdt. 2000 to S. 1789 (21st Century Postal S…Amendment Rejected (46-53, 3/5 majority required) Apr 24, 2012
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Vote #74 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2083 to S.Amdt. 2000 to S. 1789 (21st Century Postal S…Amendment Rejected (29-70, 3/5 majority required) Apr 24, 2012
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Vote #75 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2049 to S.Amdt. 2000 to S. 1789 (21st Century Postal S…Amendment Rejected (57-42, 3/5 majority required) Apr 24, 2012
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Vote #76 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2025 to S.Amdt. 2000 to S. 1789 (21st Century Postal S…Amendment Rejected (35-64, 3/5 majority required) Apr 24, 2012
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Vote #77 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2079 to S.Amdt. 2000 to S. 1789 (21st Century Postal S…Amendment Rejected (43-53, 3/5 majority required) Apr 25, 2012
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Vote #78 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2028 to S.Amdt. 2000 to S. 1789 (21st Century Postal S…Amendment Rejected (35-64, 3/5 majority required) Apr 25, 2012
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).