Roll Call Vote #203 · 114th Congress · Session 1 · Jun 4, 2015, 1:48 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1494 to S.Amdt. 1463 to H.R. 1735 (Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1494 (To revise the definition of spouse for purposes of veterans benefits in recognition of new State definitions of spouse.)
Amendment Rejected (53-42, 3/5 majority required)
53 Yea
42 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 24 senators
4 Yea / 19 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 14 senators
13 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Kelly Ayotte (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jeff Flake (Republican–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Kirk (Republican–IL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Rob Portman (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 53
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- Tammy Baldwin
- Michael Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cory Booker
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Shelley Capito
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Susan Collins
- Chris Coons
- Joe Donnelly (IN)
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Jeff Flake (AZ)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp (ND)
- Mazie Hirono
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- Angus King
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Ed Markey
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Chris Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Gary Peters
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 42
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Bill Cassidy
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Tom Cotton
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Steve Daines
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Joni Ernst
- Deb Fischer
- Cory Gardner (CO)
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- John Hoeven
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- James Lankford
- Mike Lee
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Rand Paul
- David Perdue, Jr. (GA)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Mike Rounds
- Benjamin Sasse (NE)
- Tim Scott
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Dan Sullivan
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker
Not Voting 5
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).