Senate roll call 252 · 112th Congress · Feb 9, 2012
A bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.
On Feb 9, 2012, the Senate voted 85–11 on “On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed” (S 1813). Result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed . By party: Democrats 50–2, Republicans 34–9, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed
- Yes
- 85
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Feb 9, 2012
By party
- Republicans34 yes · 9 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Democrats50 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK voted no
- Mark Begich D-AK voted no
- Marco Rubio R-FL voted no
- James Risch R-ID voted no
- Rand Paul R-KY voted no
- Mike Johanns R-NE voted no
- James W. Demint R-SC voted no
- Mike Lee R-UT voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA voted no
- Ron Johnson R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- 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
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Al Franken D-MN
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- 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
- 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
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- 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
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Joe Manchin III D-WV
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Mark Begich D-AK
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- James Risch R-ID
- Rand Paul R-KY
- Mike Johanns R-NE
- James W. Demint R-SC
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Ron Johnson R-WI
Did not vote
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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