Roll Call Vote #79 · 112th Congress · Session 2 · Apr 25, 2012, 3:08 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2039 to S.Amdt. 2000 to S. 1789 (21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012) (S. 1789)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2039 (To prohibit employees of the United States Postal Service from engaging in collective bargaining.)
Amendment Rejected (23-76, 3/5 majority required)
23 Yea
76 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 51 senators
0 Yea / 51 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Republican 47 senators
23 Yea / 23 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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Lamar Alexander (Republican–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kelly Ayotte (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Roy Blunt (Republican–MO) 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 -
Daniel Coats (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Thomas Coburn (Republican–OK) 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 -
Chuck Grassley (Republican–IA) 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 -
Johnny Isakson (Republican–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mike Johanns (Republican–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ron Johnson (Republican–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) 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 -
Rob Portman (Republican–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pat Roberts (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Marco Rubio (Republican–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Roger Wicker (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 23
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mike Lee (UT)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Rand Paul (KY)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune (SD)
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
Nay 76
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal (CT)
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman (AR)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons (DE)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- John Hoeven (ND)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson (WI)
- 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)
- Jerry Moran (KS)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Marco Rubio (FL)
- 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)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
- 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 #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
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).