Senate roll call 647 · 119th Congress · Dec 15, 2025
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other pu
On Dec 15, 2025, the Senate voted 76–20 on “On the Cloture Motion” (S 1071). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Republicans 48–3, Democrats 27–16, Independents 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 members voted against their own party.
During the 119th Congress (2025–2026), Donald Trump was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Cloture Motion Agreed to
- Yes
- 76
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Dec 15, 2025
By party
- Republicans48 yes · 3 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 16 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Alejandro (Alex) Padilla D-CA voted no
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO voted no
- Christopher Murphy D-CT voted no
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI voted no
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL voted no
- Rand Paul R-KY voted no
- Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA voted no
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD voted no
- Tina Smith D-MN voted no
- Andy Kim D-NJ voted no
- Cory Anthony Booker D-NJ voted no
- Jeff Merkley D-OR voted no
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted no
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz R-TX voted no
- Mike Lee R-UT voted no
- Peter Welch D-VT voted no
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA voted no
- Patty Murray D-WA voted no
The bill
S. 1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
How each senator voted: Yes
- Daniel Scott Sullivan R-AK
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Katie Elizabeth Britt R-AL
- Thomas Hawley (Tommy) Tuberville R-AL
- John Boozman R-AR
- Thomas Bryant (Tom) Cotton R-AR
- Mark Edward Kelly D-AZ
- Ruben Gallego D-AZ
- John Wright Hickenlooper D-CO
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Christopher A. Coons D-DE
- Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DE
- Ashley Brooke Moody R-FL
- Richard Lynn (Rick) Scott R-FL
- Thomas Jonathan (Jon) Ossoff D-GA
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Risch R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- James E. Banks R-IN
- Todd Young R-IN
- Roger Wayne Marshall R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Bill Cassidy R-LA
- John Neely Kennedy R-LA
- Angela Deneece Alsobrooks D-MD
- Angus Stanley King Jr. I-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Elissa Slotkin D-MI
- Gary C. Peters D-MI
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Eric Stephen Schmitt R-MO
- Joshua David Hawley R-MO
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Steve Daines R-MT
- Timothy Patrick Sheehy R-MT
- Theodore Paul Budd R-NC
- Thomas Roland (Thom) Tillis R-NC
- John Hoeven R-ND
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Debra (Deb) Fischer R-NE
- John Peter (Pete) Ricketts R-NE
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Margaret Wood (Maggie) Hassan D-NH
- 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
- Bernardo (Bernie) Moreno R-OH
- Jon Allen Husted R-OH
- James Lankford R-OK
- Markwayne Mullin R-OK
- David Harold Mccormick R-PA
- John Karl Fetterman D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Tim Scott R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds R-SD
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- William Francis (Bill) Hagerty R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- John R. Curtis R-UT
- Mark R. Warner D-VA
- Timothy Michael (Tim) Kaine D-VA
- Ron Johnson R-WI
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- James Conley Justice II R-WV
- Shelley Moore Capito R-WV
- Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Alejandro (Alex) Padilla D-CA
- Michael F. Bennet D-CO
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
- Brian Emanuel Schatz D-HI
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Rand Paul R-KY
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA
- Christopher Van Hollen D-MD
- Tina Smith D-MN
- Andy Kim D-NJ
- Cory Anthony Booker D-NJ
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz R-TX
- Mike Lee R-UT
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Peter Welch D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
Did not vote
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Marco Rubio R-FL
- Raphael Gamaliel Warnock D-GA
- Joni Ernst R-IA
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- James David Vance R-OH
- Alan Armstrong R-OK
- Darline Graham R-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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