Roll Call Vote #71 · 112th Congress · Session 2 · Apr 24, 2012, 4:08 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2061 to S.Amdt. 2000 to S. 1789 (21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2061 (To achieve long-term cost-savings by allowing the Postmaster General to reduce the postal workforce through mandatory retirements for eligible employees.)
Amendment Rejected (33-65, 3/5 majority required)
33 Yea
65 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
0 Yea / 31 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
21 Yea / 6 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
-
Kelly Ayotte (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Scott Brown (Republican–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Corker (Republican–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dean Heller (Republican–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 33
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mike Lee
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 65
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal
- John Boozman
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons
- Bob Corker (TN)
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Chuck Grassley
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven
- 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)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- 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)
- Marco Rubio
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 2
- James DeMint (SC)
- Mark Kirk (IL)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).