Roll Call Vote #12 · 115th Congress · Session 2 · Jan 18, 2018, 12:18 PM (ET)
On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to 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.
Motion Agreed to (65-34)
65 Yea
34 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 19 senators
16 Yea / 2 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 12 senators
7 Yea / 5 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Benjamin Cardin (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Cory Gardner (Republican–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kamala Harris (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dean Heller (Republican–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Menendez (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Udall (Democrat–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 65
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Shelley Capito
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Bill Cassidy
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Tom Cotton
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Joe Donnelly (IN)
- Tammy Duckworth
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Joni Ernst
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake (AZ)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Maggie Hassan
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Heidi Heitkamp (ND)
- John Hoeven
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Ron Johnson
- Doug Jones (AL)
- Tim Kaine
- John Kennedy
- Angus King
- Amy Klobuchar
- James Lankford
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- David Perdue, Jr. (GA)
- Gary Peters
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jack Reed
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Mike Rounds
- Marco Rubio
- Benjamin Sasse (NE)
- Chuck Schumer
- Tim Scott
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Mark Warner
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger Wicker
- Todd Young
Nay 34
- Tammy Baldwin
- Michael Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cory Booker
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Chris Coons
- Steve Daines
- Dick Durbin
- Cory Gardner (CO)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Kamala Harris (CA)
- Martin Heinrich
- Dean Heller (NV)
- Mazie Hirono
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Mike Lee
- Ed Markey
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Lisa Murkowski
- Chris Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Rand Paul
- Bernie Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Tina Smith
- Dan Sullivan
- Jon Tester
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Chris Van Hollen
- Elizabeth Warren
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 1
- John McCain, III (AZ)
Other Votes on S. 139
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).