A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes.

On Mar 17, 2011, the Senate voted 87–13 on “On the Joint Resolution” (HJRES 48). Result: Joint Resolution Passed. By party: Democrats 49–3, Republicans 38–9, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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: Joint Resolution Passed
Yes: 87
No: 13
Did not vote: 2
Date: Mar 17, 2011

By party

Republicans38 yes · 9 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats49 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Marco Rubio R-FL voted no
James Risch R-ID voted no
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted no
Rand Paul R-KY voted no
Carl Levin D-MI voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
James W. Demint R-SC voted no
Mike Lee R-UT voted no
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
Patty Murray D-WA voted no
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no

The bill

H.J.Res. 48: Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011

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
Richard Blumenthal D-CT
Christopher A. Coons D-DE
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-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
Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
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
David Vitter R-LA
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
John Forbes Kerry D-MA
Scott P. Brown R-MA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
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
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
Harry Reid D-NV
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
Sherrod Brown D-OH
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Jeff Merkley D-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-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
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Maria E. Cantwell 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

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
Dean Heller R-NV

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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