Roll Call Vote #72 · 112th Congress · Session 2 · Apr 24, 2012, 4:38 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2043 to S.Amdt. 2000 to S. 1789 (21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2043 (To strike the limitations on changes to mail delivery schedule, with an offset.)
Amendment Rejected (43-56, 3/5 majority required)
43 Yea
56 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
23 Yea / 8 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 29 senators
1 Yea / 27 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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Daniel Akaka (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kay Hagan (Democrat–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jim Webb (Democrat–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 43
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Bob Casey
- Chris Coons
- Dick Durbin
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 56
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Tom Carper
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- 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)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Mike Lee
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Roger Wicker
Not Voting 1
- Mark Kirk (IL)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).