Senate roll call 656 · 113th Congress · Dec 16, 2014
Stephen R. Bough, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri
On Dec 16, 2014, the Senate voted 51–38 on “On the Cloture Motion” (PN 1345). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Democrats 50–1, Republicans 0–37, Independents 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 38
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Dec 16, 2014
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 37 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats50 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Mary Kathryn (Heidi) Heitkamp D-ND voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Mark Begich D-AK
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- 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
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- 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
- 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
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Kay Hagan D-NC
- 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
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Joe Manchin III D-WV
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- 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
- 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
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Mary Kathryn (Heidi) Heitkamp D-ND
- Debra (Deb) Fischer 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
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Mark Steven Kirk R-IL
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- William (Mo) Cowan D-MA
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mike Johanns R-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jeffrey Scott Chiesa R-NJ
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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