Senate roll call 356 · 112th Congress · Jun 14, 2012
Mari Carmen Aponte, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador
On Jun 14, 2012, the Senate voted 62–37 on “On the Cloture Motion” (PN 267). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Democrats 52–0, Republicans 9–37, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 62
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 14, 2012
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 37 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats52 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK voted yes
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted yes
- Marco Rubio R-FL voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- Scott P. Brown R-MA voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
- Kelly Ayotte R-NH voted yes
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Mark Begich D-AK
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III 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
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- 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
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kay Hagan D-NC
- 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
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Joe Manchin III D-WV
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- 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
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Rand Paul R-KY
- David Vitter R-LA
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Mike Johanns R-NE
- 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
- James W. Demint 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
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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