Senate roll call 23 · 112th Congress · Feb 17, 2011
To limit essential air service to locations that are 100 or more miles away from the nearest medium or large hub airport.
On Feb 17, 2011, the Senate voted 34–65 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 223). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Democrats 30–21, Republicans 3–44, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 members voted against their own party.
During the 112th Congress (2011–2012), Barack Obama was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Result
- Motion to Table Failed
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 65
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Feb 17, 2011
By party
- Republicans3 yes · 44 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats30 yes · 21 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Mark Begich D-AK voted no
- Mark Udall D-CO voted no
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO voted no
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE voted no
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
- Al Franken D-MN voted no
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN voted no
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO voted no
- Jon Tester D-MT voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Kay Hagan D-NC voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH voted no
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
- Jeff Merkley D-OR voted no
- Lamar Alexander R-TN voted yes
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA voted no
- Patty Murray D-WA voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
- Joe Manchin III D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Mark Begich D-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Mark Udall D-CO
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Rand Paul R-KY
- David Vitter R-LA
- Scott P. Brown R-MA
- Al Franken D-MN
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kay Hagan D-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Mike Johanns R-NE
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Kelly Ayotte R-NH
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- James W. Demint R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- Joe Manchin III D-WV
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Dean Heller R-NV
Other votes
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