Senate roll call 578 · 113th Congress · Nov 19, 2014
Victor Allen Bolden, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut
On Nov 19, 2014, the Senate voted 51–44 on “On the Cloture Motion” (PN 1775). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Democrats 48–3, Republicans 2–41, Independents 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 113th Congress (2013–2014), Barack Obama was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Result
- Cloture Motion Agreed to
- Yes
- 51
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Nov 19, 2014
By party
- Republicans2 yes · 41 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats48 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK voted yes
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
- Jon Tester D-MT voted no
- Mary Kathryn (Heidi) Heitkamp D-ND voted no
- Joe Manchin III D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Mark Begich D-AK
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Mark Udall D-CO
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Joe Donnelly D-IN
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Angus Stanley King Jr. I-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
- John E. Walsh D-MT
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Cory Anthony Booker D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Martin Heinrich 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
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Timothy Michael (Tim) Kaine D-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- 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
- Jeff Flake R-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- 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
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Mary Kathryn (Heidi) Heitkamp D-ND
- Debra (Deb) Fischer R-NE
- 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
- Tim Scott R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz 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
Did not vote
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- David Vitter R-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- William (Mo) Cowan D-MA
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kay Hagan D-NC
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jeffrey Scott Chiesa R-NJ
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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