Roll Call Vote #77 · 112th Congress · Session 2 · Apr 25, 2012, 2:12 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2079 to S.Amdt. 2000 to S. 1789 (21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2079 (To extend the moratorium on the closing and consolidation of postal facilities or post offices, stations, or branches.)
Amendment Rejected (43-53, 3/5 majority required)
43 Yea
53 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
25 Yea / 5 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 29 senators
2 Yea / 24 Nay
3 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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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 -
Michael Enzi (Republican–WY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Al Franken (Democrat–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dean Heller (Republican–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Udall (Democrat–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jim Webb (Democrat–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 43
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Richard Blumenthal
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Bob Casey
- Dick Durbin
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger Wicker
- Ron Wyden
Nay 53
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- John Hoeven
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson
- Amy Klobuchar
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mike Lee
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- 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)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
Not Voting 4
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Kirk (IL)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).