A bill to increase American job creation and economic growth by improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth companies.

On Mar 21, 2012, the Senate voted 76–22 on “On the Cloture Motion” (HR 3606). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Democrats 31–21, Republicans 45–0, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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 Motion Agreed to
Yes: 76
No: 22
Did not vote: 4
Date: Mar 21, 2012

By party

Republicans45 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats31 yes · 21 no · 1 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Barbara Boxer D-CA voted no
Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
Richard Blumenthal D-CT voted no
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted no
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted no
Carl Levin D-MI voted no
Al Franken D-MN voted no
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY voted no
Sherrod Brown D-OH voted no
Jeff Merkley D-OR voted no
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted no
Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI voted no
James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA voted no
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no

The bill

H.R. 3606: Jumpstart Our Business Startups

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
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
James Risch 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
John Forbes Kerry D-MA
Scott P. Brown R-MA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
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
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
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
Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-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
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
Mike Lee R-UT
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
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
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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