Roll Call Vote #85 · 112th Congress · Session 2 · Apr 26, 2012, 3:56 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2086 to S.Amdt. 2093 to S. 1925 (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2086 (To amend title 18 of the United States Code and other provisions of law to strengthen provisions of the Violence Against Women Act and improve justice for crime victims.)
Amendment Rejected (50-48, 3/5 majority required)
50 Yea
48 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
1 Yea / 29 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
28 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Claire McCaskill (Democrat–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 50
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso
- Michael Bennet
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- 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)
- Mike Lee
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 48
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- 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)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- 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)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 2
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).