To strike funding for the emergency forest restoration program.

On Dec 28, 2012, the Senate voted 46–49 on “On the Amendment” (HR 1). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 3–46, Republicans 43–2, Independents 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 5 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: 46
No: 49
Did not vote: 7
Date: Dec 28, 2012

By party

Republicans43 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 46 no · 4 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Claire Mccaskill D-MO voted yes
William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
Joe Manchin III D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

Lisa Murkowski R-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
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
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
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Claire Mccaskill D-MO
Roy Blunt R-MO
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
Richard M. Burr R-NC
John Hoeven R-ND
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
Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
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
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

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To strike funding for the emergency forest…: Senate Vote, Dec 28, 2012,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/112-S-480/to-strike-funding-for-the-emergency-forest-restoration-program (accessed 2026-10-16).