Roll Call Vote #89 · 112th Congress · Session 2 · May 8, 2012, 12:01 PM (ET)
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 2343 (S. 2343)
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (52-45, 3/5 majority required)
52 Yea
45 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
30 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 29 senators
0 Yea / 26 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 52
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- 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)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 45
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso
- 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
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker
Not Voting 2
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
Present 1
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
Other Votes on S. 2343
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Vote #113 On Passage of the Bill S. 2343Bill Defeated (51-43, 3/5 majority required) May 24, 2012
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).