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Roll Call Vote #11 · 115th Congress · Session 2 · Jan 16, 2018, 5:45 PM (ET)

On the Cloture Motion S. 139 (S. 139)

A bill to implement the use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, to prevent DNA analysis backlogs, and for other purposes.

Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-38, 3/5 majority required)
60 Yea
38 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Republican 19 senators

16 Yea / 2 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Democrat 12 senators

6 Yea / 6 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Independent 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 60

Nay 38

Not Voting 2

Other Votes on S. 139

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).