To prohibit financial conflicts of interest by Senators and staff.

On Feb 2, 2012, the Senate voted 26–73 on “On the Amendment” (S 2038). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 20–32, Republicans 5–41, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 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: 26
No: 73
Did not vote: 3
Date: Feb 2, 2012

By party

Republicans5 yes · 41 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats20 yes · 32 no · 1 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Lisa Murkowski R-AK voted yes
Mark Pryor D-AR voted yes
Mark Udall D-CO voted yes
Richard Blumenthal D-CT voted yes
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted yes
John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted yes
Scott P. Brown R-MA voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted yes
Al Franken D-MN voted yes
Amy Klobuchar D-MN voted yes
Claire Mccaskill D-MO voted yes
Jeanne Shaheen D-NH voted yes
Robert Menendez D-NJ voted yes
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM voted yes
Dean Heller R-NV voted yes
Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
Jeff Merkley D-OR voted yes
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted yes
Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA voted yes
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted yes
Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI voted yes
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX voted yes
Joe Manchin III D-WV voted yes

The bill

S. 2038: STOCK Act

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

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
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Michael F. Bennet D-CO
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Christopher A. Coons D-DE
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Marco Rubio R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
James Risch R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Richard Joseph Durbin D-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
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
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
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
Mike Johanns R-NE
Kelly Ayotte R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
James W. Demint R-SC
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
John Thune R-SD
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
Lamar Alexander R-TN
Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
John Cornyn R-TX
Mike Lee R-UT
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
Mark R. Warner D-VA
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
Patty Murray D-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Ron Johnson R-WI
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
John A. Barrasso R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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