Senate roll call 581 · 116th Congress · Jul 30, 2020
A bill to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of
On Jul 30, 2020, the Senate voted 47–42 on “On the Motion to Proceed” (S 178). Result: Motion to Proceed Agreed to. By party: Republicans 47–2, Democrats 0–38, Independents 0–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 116th Congress (2019–2020), Donald Trump was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Result
- Motion to Proceed Agreed to
- Yes
- 47
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jul 30, 2020
By party
- Republicans47 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 38 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Cory Gardner R-CO voted no
- Rand Paul R-KY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Daniel Scott Sullivan R-AK
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- John Boozman R-AR
- Thomas Bryant (Tom) Cotton R-AR
- Martha Mcsally R-AZ
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Richard Lynn (Rick) Scott R-FL
- Kelly Loeffler R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Joni Ernst R-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Michael Braun R-IN
- Todd Young R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- John Neely Kennedy R-LA
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Joshua David Hawley R-MO
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Steve Daines R-MT
- Thomas Roland (Thom) Tillis R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Benjamin Eric Sasse R-NE
- Debra (Deb) Fischer R-NE
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- James Lankford R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Tim Scott R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds R-SD
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz R-TX
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Willard Mitt (Mitt) Romney R-UT
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Gordon Douglas (Doug) Jones D-AL
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Cory Gardner R-CO
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Rand Paul R-KY
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Angus Stanley King Jr. I-ME
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Gary C. Peters D-MI
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Tina Smith D-MN
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Margaret Wood (Maggie) Hassan D-NH
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
- Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
- Catherine Marie Cortez Masto D-NV
- Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen 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
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Timothy Michael (Tim) Kaine D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Joe Manchin III D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Kyrsten Sinema D-AZ
- Mark Edward Kelly D-AZ
- Kamala Devi Harris D-CA
- David Alfred Perdue Jr. R-GA
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Cory Anthony Booker D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
Other votes
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