Senate roll call 245 · 112th Congress · Feb 2, 2012
To prevent the creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs.
On Feb 2, 2012, the Senate voted 60–39 on “On the Amendment” (S 2038). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 14–38, Republicans 46–0, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- Amendment Rejected
- Yes
- 60
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Feb 2, 2012
By party
- Republicans46 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 38 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Mark Begich D-AK voted yes
- Mark Pryor D-AR voted yes
- Mark Udall D-CO voted yes
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO voted yes
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted yes
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted yes
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN voted yes
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO voted yes
- Jon Tester D-MT voted yes
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted yes
- Jeff Merkley D-OR voted yes
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA voted yes
- Mark R. Warner D-VA voted yes
- Joe Manchin III D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Mark Begich D-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Mark Udall D-CO
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- 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
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- 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
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- Mike Johanns R-NE
- Kelly Ayotte R-NH
- Dean Heller 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
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- James W. Demint R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- 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
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- Joe Manchin III D-WV
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Al Franken D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kay Hagan D-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Menendez 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
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Did not vote
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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