Roll Call Vote #76 · 112th Congress · Session 2 · Apr 24, 2012, 6:09 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2025 to S.Amdt. 2000 to S. 1789 (21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012) (S. 1789)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2025 (To end the mailbox use monopoly.)
Amendment Rejected (35-64, 3/5 majority required)
35 Yea
64 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 51 senators
0 Yea / 51 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Republican 47 senators
35 Yea / 11 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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Scott Brown (Republican–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Burr (Republican–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Coats (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Hoeven (Republican–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Inhofe (Republican–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Rob Portman (Republican–OH) 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 35
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman (AR)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mike Lee (UT)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Jerry Moran (KS)
- Rand Paul (KY)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio (FL)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune (SD)
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Nay 64
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal (CT)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons (DE)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- John Hoeven (ND)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- 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)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- 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 #70 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2033 to S.Amdt. 2000 to S. 1789 (21st Century Postal S…Amendment Rejected (30-69, 3/5 majority required) Apr 24, 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 #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 ↗).