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Senate · Roll call 142 · 1st session · June 6, 2013 A vote to end debate on S. 1003, the Comprehensive Student Loan Protection Act, a bill to reset interest rates for new student loans.
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion
- Official record
- Senate roll call 142, 113th Congress, 1st session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 113-s142, 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. 1003, Comprehensive Student Loan Protection Act
How each party voted
Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
About this vote
Cloture is the Senate procedure for ending debate so a question can come to a vote; it normally takes three-fifths of senators. The bill would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reset interest rates for new student loans. A Yes vote supports ending debate on the bill; a No vote opposes ending debate.
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Summary by the Congressional Research Service
Comprehensive Student Loan Protection Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to set the interest rate on Direct Loans, for any 12-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30, at the bond equivalent rate of 10-year Treasury bills auctioned at the final auction held prior to such June 1, plus 3%.
How each member voted
| Member | Seat | Party | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Republican | Yes |
| Mark Begich | AK | Democrat | No |
| Jeff Sessions | AL | Republican | Yes |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL | Republican | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
| 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 | No |
| Mike Crapo | ID | Republican | No |
| Mark Kirk | IL | Republican | Yes |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL | Democrat | No |
| Daniel Coats | IN | Republican | Did not vote |
| Joe Donnelly | IN | Democrat | No |
| Jerry Moran | KS | Republican | Yes |
| Pat Roberts | KS | Republican | Yes |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Republican | Yes |
| Rand Paul | KY | Republican | No |
| David Vitter | LA | Republican | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
| Carl Levin | MI | Democrat | No |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI | Democrat | No |
| Al Franken | MN | Democrat | No |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN | Democrat | No |
| Claire McCaskill | MO | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Roy Blunt | MO | Republican | Yes |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS | Republican | Yes |
| Thad Cochran | MS | Republican | Yes |
| 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 |
| Robert Menendez | NJ | Democrat | No |
| Martin Heinrich | NM | Democrat | No |
| Tom Udall | NM | Democrat | No |
| Dean Heller | NV | Republican | Yes |
| 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 | No |
| 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 | Yes |
| John Cornyn | TX | Republican | Yes |
| Ted Cruz | TX | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Lee | UT | Republican | No |
| 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 | Yes |
| 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 |