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Senate · Roll call 230 · 1st session · Nov. 7, 2013 A vote to agree to an amendment to S. 815 whose stated purpose is to strike the appropriate balance between protecting workers and protecting religious freedom.

Amendment Rejected43–55 Amendment Party-line vote
Question
On the Amendment
Official record
Senate roll call 230, 113th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
113-s230, 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. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013
Details
To strike the appropriate balance between protecting workers and protecting religious freedom.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 2 · No 50 · Did not vote 1
Republicans
Yes 41 · No 3 · Did not vote 1
Independent
Yes 0 · No 2

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

About this vote

S. 815 is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013. A Yes vote would adopt the amendment into the bill; a No vote would not.

This summary was drafted and checked with AI (Claude) using only the official record of the vote. Report an error

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - (Sec. 4) Prohibits covered entities (employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, or joint labor-management committees) from engaging in employment discrimination on the basis of an individual's actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanNo
Mark BegichAKDemocratNo
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanYes
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanYes
John BoozmanARRepublicanYes
Mark L. PryorARDemocratYes
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanYes
John McCainAZRepublicanYes
Barbara BoxerCADemocratNo
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratNo
Mark UdallCODemocratNo
Michael F. BennetCODemocratNo
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratNo
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratNo
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratNo
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratNo
Bill NelsonFLDemocratNo
Marco RubioFLRepublicanYes
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanYes
Saxby ChamblissGARepublicanYes
Brian SchatzHIDemocratNo
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratNo
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Tom HarkinIADemocratNo
James E. RischIDRepublicanYes
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanYes
Mark KirkILRepublicanNo
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratNo
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanYes
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanYes
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanYes
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanYes
David VitterLARepublicanYes
Mary L. LandrieuLADemocratNo
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratNo
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratNo
Barbara A. MikulskiMDDemocratNo
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratNo
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentNo
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanNo
Carl LevinMIDemocratNo
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratNo
Al FrankenMNDemocratNo
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratNo
Claire McCaskillMODemocratNo
Roy BluntMORepublicanYes
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Thad CochranMSRepublicanYes
Jon TesterMTDemocratNo
Max BaucusMTDemocratNo
Kay R. HaganNCDemocratNo
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratNo
John HoevenNDRepublicanYes
Deb FischerNERepublicanYes
Mike JohannsNERepublicanYes
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratNo
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanYes
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratNo
Robert MenendezNJDemocratNo
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratNo
Tom UdallNMDemocratNo
Dean HellerNVRepublicanYes
Harry ReidNVDemocratNo
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratNo
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratNo
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratNo
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanYes
Tom CoburnOKRepublicanDid not vote
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratNo
Ron WydenORDemocratNo
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanYes
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratDid not vote
Jack ReedRIDemocratNo
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratNo
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanYes
John ThuneSDRepublicanYes
Tim JohnsonSDDemocratNo
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanYes
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanYes
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanYes
Mike LeeUTRepublicanYes
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanYes
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratNo
Tim KaineVADemocratNo
Bernard SandersVTIndependentNo
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratNo
Maria CantwellWADemocratNo
Patty MurrayWADemocratNo
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanYes
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratNo
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratNo
John D. Rockefeller, IVWVDemocratNo
John BarrassoWYRepublicanYes
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanYes