Roll Call Vote #9 · 112th Congress · Session 2 · Feb 2, 2012, 3:59 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1500 to S.Amdt. 1470 to S. 2038 (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1500 (To prohibit unauthorized earmarks.)
Amendment Rejected (26-73, 3/5 majority required)
26 Yea
73 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
5 Yea / 26 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
15 Yea / 13 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Kelly Ayotte (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Begich (Democrat–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Barbara Boxer (Democrat–CA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 -
Thomas Coburn (Republican–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James DeMint (Republican–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Michael Enzi (Republican–WY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dean Heller (Republican–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mike Johanns (Republican–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bill Nelson (Democrat–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Deborah Stabenow (Democrat–MI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Patrick Toomey (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Vitter (Republican–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 26
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Bob Casey
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- Lindsey Graham
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- John Thune
- Roger Wicker
Nay 73
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal
- John Boozman
- Sherrod Brown
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Dick Durbin
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Chuck Grassley
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Mike Lee
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Jerry Moran
- Patty Murray
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Rand Paul
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jim Risch
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Marco Rubio
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Jon Tester
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 1
- Mark Kirk (IL)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).