A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2011 through 2014, to streaml

On Feb 6, 2012, the Senate voted 75–20 on “On the Conference Report” (HR 658). Result: Conference Report Agreed to. By party: Democrats 37–14, Republicans 38–5, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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: Conference Report Agreed to
Yes: 75
No: 20
Did not vote: 7
Date: Feb 6, 2012

By party

Republicans38 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
Democrats37 yes · 14 no · 2 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Richard Blumenthal D-CT voted no
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
James Risch R-ID voted no
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted no
Rand Paul R-KY voted no
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted no
Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted no
Al Franken D-MN voted no
Amy Klobuchar D-MN voted no
Claire Mccaskill D-MO voted no
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY voted no
Sherrod Brown D-OH voted no
Jeff Merkley D-OR voted no
Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA voted no
James W. Demint R-SC voted no
Mike Lee R-UT voted no
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no

The bill

H.R. 658: FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012

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
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Mark Udall D-CO
Michael F. Bennet D-CO
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Christopher A. Coons D-DE
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Marco Rubio R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
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
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
John Forbes Kerry D-MA
Scott P. Brown R-MA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Carl Levin D-MI
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
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
Mike Johanns R-NE
Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
Kelly Ayotte R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
Robert Menendez D-NJ
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
Dean Heller R-NV
Harry Reid D-NV
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
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
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
Mark R. Warner D-VA
Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
Patty Murray D-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Ron Johnson R-WI
Joe Manchin III D-WV
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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