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Senate · Roll call 245 · 1st session · Nov. 21, 2013 A vote to end debate on S. 1197, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense.

Cloture Motion Rejected51–44 End debate Party-line vote
Question
On the Cloture Motion
Official record
Senate roll call 245, 113th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
113-s245, 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. 1197, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 49 · No 2 · Did not vote 2
Republicans
Yes 0 · No 42 · Did not vote 3
Independent
Yes 2 · No 0

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

About this vote

The bill is described as also authorizing appropriations for military construction and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and prescribing military personnel strengths for that fiscal year. Cloture limits further debate; a Yes vote would end debate on the bill.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanNo
Mark BegichAKDemocratYes
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanNo
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanNo
John BoozmanARRepublicanNo
Mark L. PryorARDemocratYes
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanNo
John McCainAZRepublicanNo
Barbara BoxerCADemocratYes
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratYes
Mark UdallCODemocratYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Bill NelsonFLDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanNo
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanNo
Saxby ChamblissGARepublicanNo
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanNo
Tom HarkinIADemocratYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanNo
Mark KirkILRepublicanNo
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanNo
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanNo
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanNo
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanNo
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
David VitterLARepublicanNo
Mary L. LandrieuLADemocratYes
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratDid not vote
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
Barbara A. MikulskiMDDemocratYes
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratYes
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentYes
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanNo
Carl LevinMIDemocratYes
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratYes
Al FrankenMNDemocratYes
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratYes
Claire McCaskillMODemocratYes
Roy BluntMORepublicanNo
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanNo
Thad CochranMSRepublicanNo
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Max BaucusMTDemocratYes
Kay R. HaganNCDemocratYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanNo
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanNo
Deb FischerNERepublicanNo
Mike JohannsNERepublicanNo
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanNo
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratYes
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Dean HellerNVRepublicanDid not vote
Harry ReidNVDemocratNo
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanNo
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanNo
Tom CoburnOKRepublicanNo
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratNo
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanNo
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanNo
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Tim JohnsonSDDemocratYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanNo
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanNo
John CornynTXRepublicanDid not vote
Ted CruzTXRepublicanDid not vote
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanNo
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratDid not vote
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