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Senate · Roll call 14 · 1st session · Feb. 11, 2013 A vote to agree to an amendment to S. 47 that would reaffirm the inalienable rights of every American citizen guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.
Amendment Rejected31–59 Amendment
Party-line vote
- Question
- On the Amendment
- Official record
- Senate roll call 14, 113th Congress, 1st session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 113-s14, 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
- Details
- To reaffirm the inalienable rights of every American citizen guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.
How each party voted
Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
About this vote
The Senate voted on whether to adopt this amendment to S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. A Yes vote supports adding the amendment, which is described as reaffirming those constitutional rights.
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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
| Member | Seat | Party | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Republican | No |
| Mark Begich | AK | Democrat | No |
| Jeff Sessions | AL | Republican | Yes |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL | Republican | Did not vote |
| John Boozman | AR | Republican | Yes |
| Mark L. Pryor | AR | Democrat | No |
| Jeff Flake | AZ | Republican | Yes |
| John McCain | AZ | Republican | Yes |
| Barbara Boxer | CA | Democrat | No |
| Dianne Feinstein | CA | Democrat | No |
| Mark Udall | CO | Democrat | No |
| Michael F. Bennet | CO | Democrat | No |
| Christopher Murphy | CT | Democrat | No |
| Richard Blumenthal | CT | Democrat | No |
| Christopher A. Coons | DE | Democrat | No |
| Thomas R. Carper | DE | Democrat | No |
| Bill Nelson | FL | Democrat | No |
| Marco Rubio | FL | Republican | Yes |
| Johnny Isakson | GA | Republican | Yes |
| Saxby Chambliss | GA | Republican | Yes |
| Brian Schatz | HI | Democrat | No |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI | Democrat | No |
| Chuck Grassley | IA | Republican | Yes |
| Tom Harkin | IA | Democrat | No |
| James E. Risch | ID | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Crapo | ID | Republican | No |
| Mark Kirk | IL | Republican | No |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL | Democrat | No |
| Daniel Coats | IN | Republican | Yes |
| Joe Donnelly | IN | Democrat | No |
| Jerry Moran | KS | Republican | Did not vote |
| Pat Roberts | KS | Republican | Did not vote |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Republican | Yes |
| Rand Paul | KY | Republican | Yes |
| David Vitter | LA | Republican | Did not vote |
| Mary L. Landrieu | LA | Democrat | No |
| Elizabeth Warren | MA | Democrat | No |
| William M. Cowan | MA | Democrat | No |
| Barbara A. Mikulski | MD | Democrat | No |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD | Democrat | No |
| Angus S. King, Jr. | ME | Independent | No |
| Susan M. Collins | ME | Republican | No |
| Carl Levin | MI | Democrat | No |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI | Democrat | No |
| Al Franken | MN | Democrat | No |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN | Democrat | No |
| Claire McCaskill | MO | Democrat | No |
| Roy Blunt | MO | Republican | Yes |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS | Republican | Did not vote |
| Thad Cochran | MS | Republican | Did not vote |
| Jon Tester | MT | Democrat | No |
| Max Baucus | MT | Democrat | No |
| Kay R. Hagan | NC | Democrat | No |
| Richard Burr | NC | Republican | Yes |
| Heidi Heitkamp | ND | Democrat | No |
| John Hoeven | ND | Republican | Yes |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Johanns | NE | Republican | Yes |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Democrat | No |
| Kelly Ayotte | NH | Republican | Yes |
| Frank R. Lautenberg | NJ | Democrat | No |
| Robert Menendez | NJ | Democrat | No |
| Martin Heinrich | NM | Democrat | No |
| Tom Udall | NM | Democrat | No |
| Dean Heller | NV | Republican | Did not vote |
| Harry Reid | NV | Democrat | No |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY | Democrat | No |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY | Democrat | No |
| Rob Portman | OH | Republican | Yes |
| Sherrod Brown | OH | Democrat | No |
| James M. Inhofe | OK | Republican | Yes |
| Tom Coburn | OK | Republican | Yes |
| Jeff Merkley | OR | Democrat | No |
| Ron Wyden | OR | Democrat | No |
| Patrick J. Toomey | PA | Republican | Yes |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | PA | Democrat | No |
| Jack Reed | RI | Democrat | No |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | RI | Democrat | No |
| Lindsey Graham | SC | Republican | Yes |
| Tim Scott | SC | Republican | Yes |
| John Thune | SD | Republican | Yes |
| Tim Johnson | SD | Democrat | No |
| Bob Corker | TN | Republican | Yes |
| Lamar Alexander | TN | Republican | Did not vote |
| John Cornyn | TX | Republican | Yes |
| Ted Cruz | TX | Republican | Did not vote |
| Mike Lee | UT | Republican | Yes |
| Orrin G. Hatch | UT | Republican | Yes |
| Mark R. Warner | VA | Democrat | No |
| Tim Kaine | VA | Democrat | No |
| Bernard Sanders | VT | Independent | No |
| Patrick J. Leahy | VT | Democrat | No |
| Maria Cantwell | WA | Democrat | No |
| Patty Murray | WA | Democrat | No |
| Ron Johnson | WI | Republican | Did not vote |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI | Democrat | No |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV | Democrat | No |
| John D. Rockefeller, IV | WV | Democrat | No |
| John Barrasso | WY | Republican | Yes |
| Michael B. Enzi | WY | Republican | Yes |