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Senate · Roll call 172 · 1st session · July 15, 2013 A vote to agree to a motion for attendance, which asks that absent senators be brought to the chamber, taken during action on S. 1238.

Motion for Attendance Agreed to69–28 Other Party-line vote
Question
On the Motion for Attendance
Official record
Senate roll call 172, 113th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
113-s172, 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. 1238, Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 50 · No 0 · Did not vote 2
Republicans
Yes 17 · No 28 · Did not vote 1
Independent
Yes 2 · No 0

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

A motion for attendance is used when the Senate needs absent members present, and this one relates to S. 1238, the Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013. A Yes vote supports agreeing to the motion; a No vote opposes it.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013, to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2014.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Mark BegichAKDemocratYes
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanNo
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanYes
John BoozmanARRepublicanNo
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 RubioFLRepublicanDid not vote
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanNo
Saxby ChamblissGARepublicanNo
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Tom HarkinIADemocratYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanNo
Mark KirkILRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanYes
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanNo
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanNo
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
David VitterLARepublicanNo
Mary L. LandrieuLADemocratYes
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
William M. CowanMADemocratYes
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 BluntMORepublicanNo
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Thad CochranMSRepublicanYes
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Max BaucusMTDemocratYes
Kay R. HaganNCDemocratYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanNo
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanNo
Deb FischerNERepublicanYes
Mike JohannsNERepublicanYes
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratDid not vote
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanNo
Jeff ChiesaNJRepublicanNo
Robert MenendezNJDemocratDid not vote
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Dean HellerNVRepublicanNo
Harry ReidNVDemocratYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanNo
Tom CoburnOKRepublicanNo
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanNo
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Tim JohnsonSDDemocratYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanYes
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanNo
John CornynTXRepublicanNo
Ted CruzTXRepublicanNo
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanYes
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentYes
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratYes
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanNo
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
John D. Rockefeller, IVWVDemocratYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanNo