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Senate · Roll call 12 · 1st session · Feb. 4, 2013 A vote to proceed to S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.

Motion to Proceed Agreed to85–8 Procedural
Question
On the Motion to Proceed
Official record
Senate roll call 12, 113th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
113-s12, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 113th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
Bill
S. 47, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 51 · No 0 · Did not vote 1
Republicans
Yes 32 · No 8 · Did not vote 5
Independent
Yes 2 · No 0

About this vote

A motion to proceed brings a bill before the Senate for debate. A Yes vote agrees to begin considering S. 47.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on February 12, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - (Sec.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Mark BegichAKDemocratDid not vote
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanDid not vote
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanYes
John BoozmanARRepublicanYes
Mark L. PryorARDemocratYes
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanYes
John McCainAZRepublicanYes
Barbara BoxerCADemocratYes
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratYes
Mark UdallCODemocratYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Bill NelsonFLDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanNo
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanDid not vote
Saxby ChamblissGARepublicanYes
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Tom HarkinIADemocratYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanYes
Mark KirkILRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanYes
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanDid not vote
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanNo
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
David VitterLARepublicanDid not vote
Mary L. LandrieuLADemocratYes
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
Barbara A. MikulskiMDDemocratYes
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratYes
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentYes
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanYes
Carl LevinMIDemocratYes
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratYes
Al FrankenMNDemocratYes
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratYes
Claire McCaskillMODemocratYes
Roy BluntMORepublicanYes
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Thad CochranMSRepublicanYes
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Max BaucusMTDemocratYes
Kay R. HaganNCDemocratYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanYes
Deb FischerNERepublicanYes
Mike JohannsNERepublicanNo
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanYes
Frank R. LautenbergNJDemocratYes
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Dean HellerNVRepublicanYes
Harry ReidNVDemocratYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanYes
Tom CoburnOKRepublicanYes
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanDid not vote
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanYes
Tim JohnsonSDDemocratYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanYes
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanYes
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanNo
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanYes
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentYes
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratYes
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanYes
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
John D. Rockefeller, IVWVDemocratYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanYes
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanYes