Roll Call Vote #135 · 113th Congress · Session 1 · May 23, 2013, 10:38 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 965 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013)
Amendment S.Amdt. 965 (To permit States to require that any food, beverage, or other edible product offered for sale have a label on indicating that the food, beverage, or other edible product contains a genetically engineered ingredient.)
Amendment Rejected (27-71, 3/5 majority required)
27 Yea
71 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 26 senators
9 Yea / 16 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 24 senators
0 Yea / 23 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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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 -
Benjamin Cardin (Democrat–MD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joe Manchin, III (Independent–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Barbara Mikulski (Democrat–MD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Tom Udall (Democrat–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 27
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie Hirono
- Angus King
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Chris Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Chuck Schumer
- Jon Tester
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 71
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- Tammy Baldwin
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Sherrod Brown
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Chris Coons
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mo Cowan (MA)
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Joe Donnelly (IN)
- Dick Durbin
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Deb Fischer
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Heidi Heitkamp (ND)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Tim Kaine
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Mike Lee
- Carl Levin (MI)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jerry Moran
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio
- Tim Scott
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Mark Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Roger Wicker
Not Voting 2
- Jeff Flake (AZ)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).