Senate roll call 885 · 117th Congress · Nov 17, 2022
A bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes.
On Nov 17, 2022, the Senate voted 53–23 on “On the Motion to Proceed” (HR 8404). Result: Motion to Proceed Agreed to. By party: Democrats 45–0, Republicans 6–23, Independents 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 117th Congress (2021–2022), Joe Biden was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Result
- Motion to Proceed Agreed to
- Yes
- 53
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Nov 17, 2022
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 23 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats45 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joni Ernst R-IA voted yes
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
- Roy Blunt R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Roland (Thom) Tillis R-NC voted yes
- Willard Mitt (Mitt) Romney R-UT voted yes
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Kyrsten Sinema D-AZ
- Mark Edward Kelly D-AZ
- Alejandro (Alex) Padilla D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- John Wright Hickenlooper D-CO
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE
- Thomas Jonathan (Jon) Ossoff D-GA
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Joni Ernst R-IA
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Angus Stanley King Jr. I-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Gary C. Peters D-MI
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Tina Smith D-MN
- Roy Blunt R-MO
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Thomas Roland (Thom) Tillis R-NC
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Margaret Wood (Maggie) Hassan D-NH
- Cory Anthony Booker D-NJ
- Ben Ray Luján D-NM
- Martin Heinrich 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
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Willard Mitt (Mitt) Romney R-UT
- 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
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Thomas Hawley (Tommy) Tuberville R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- Thomas Bryant (Tom) Cotton R-AR
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- John Neely Kennedy R-LA
- Joshua David Hawley R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Steve Daines R-MT
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Debra (Deb) Fischer R-NE
- James Lankford R-OK
- Patrick Joseph Toomey R-PA
- Tim Scott R-SC
- Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds R-SD
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz R-TX
- Mike Lee R-UT
Did not vote
- Daniel Scott Sullivan R-AK
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Kamala Devi Harris D-CA
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Richard Lynn (Rick) Scott R-FL
- Kelly Loeffler R-GA
- Raphael Gamaliel Warnock D-GA
- Michael Braun R-IN
- Todd Young R-IN
- Roger Wayne Marshall R-KS
- Rand Paul R-KY
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Benjamin Eric Sasse R-NE
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Robert Jones (Rob) Portman R-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- William Francis (Bill) Hagerty R-TN
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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