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Senate · Roll call 103 · 2nd session · April 9, 2014 A vote to end debate on the motion to proceed to S. 2199, the Paycheck Fairness Act.
- Question
- On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
- Official record
- Senate roll call 103, 113th Congress, 2nd session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 113-s394, 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. 2199, Paycheck Fairness Act
How each party voted
Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
President Obama's position: wanted a Yes vote
“The Administration strongly supports Senate passage of S. 2199, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would significantly strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and give women additional tools to fight pay discrimination.”
Source: White House statement on the bill · Checked against the statement (AI-assisted)
About this vote
It is described as a bill to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, amending the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. A Yes vote ends debate on the motion to begin considering the bill.
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
Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages.
How each member voted
| Member | Seat | Party | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Republican | No |
| Mark Begich | AK | Democrat | Yes |
| Jeff Sessions | AL | Republican | No |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL | Republican | No |
| John Boozman | AR | Republican | No |
| Mark L. Pryor | AR | Democrat | Yes |
| Jeff Flake | AZ | Republican | No |
| John McCain | AZ | Republican | No |
| Barbara Boxer | CA | Democrat | Yes |
| Dianne Feinstein | CA | Democrat | Yes |
| Mark Udall | CO | Democrat | Yes |
| Michael F. Bennet | CO | Democrat | Yes |
| Christopher Murphy | CT | Democrat | Yes |
| Richard Blumenthal | CT | Democrat | Yes |
| Christopher A. Coons | DE | Democrat | Yes |
| Thomas R. Carper | DE | Democrat | Yes |
| Bill Nelson | FL | Democrat | Yes |
| Marco Rubio | FL | Republican | No |
| Johnny Isakson | GA | Republican | No |
| Saxby Chambliss | GA | Republican | No |
| Brian Schatz | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Chuck Grassley | IA | Republican | No |
| Tom Harkin | IA | Democrat | Yes |
| James E. Risch | ID | Republican | No |
| Mike Crapo | ID | Republican | No |
| Mark Kirk | IL | Republican | No |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL | Democrat | Yes |
| Daniel Coats | IN | Republican | No |
| Joe Donnelly | IN | Democrat | Yes |
| Jerry Moran | KS | Republican | No |
| Pat Roberts | KS | Republican | No |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Republican | No |
| Rand Paul | KY | Republican | No |
| David Vitter | LA | Republican | No |
| Mary L. Landrieu | LA | Democrat | Yes |
| Edward J. Markey | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| Elizabeth Warren | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| Barbara A. Mikulski | MD | Democrat | Yes |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD | Democrat | Yes |
| Angus S. King, Jr. | ME | Independent | No |
| Susan M. Collins | ME | Republican | No |
| Carl Levin | MI | Democrat | Yes |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI | Democrat | Yes |
| Al Franken | MN | Democrat | Yes |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN | Democrat | Yes |
| Claire McCaskill | MO | Democrat | Yes |
| Roy Blunt | MO | Republican | No |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS | Republican | No |
| Thad Cochran | MS | Republican | No |
| John E. Walsh | MT | Democrat | Yes |
| Jon Tester | MT | Democrat | Yes |
| Kay R. Hagan | NC | Democrat | Yes |
| Richard Burr | NC | Republican | No |
| Heidi Heitkamp | ND | Democrat | Yes |
| John Hoeven | ND | Republican | No |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Republican | No |
| Mike Johanns | NE | Republican | No |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Democrat | Yes |
| Kelly Ayotte | NH | Republican | No |
| Cory A. Booker | NJ | Democrat | Yes |
| Robert Menendez | NJ | Democrat | Yes |
| Martin Heinrich | NM | Democrat | Yes |
| Tom Udall | NM | Democrat | Yes |
| Dean Heller | NV | Republican | No |
| Harry Reid | NV | Democrat | No |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| Rob Portman | OH | Republican | No |
| Sherrod Brown | OH | Democrat | Yes |
| James M. Inhofe | OK | Republican | No |
| Tom Coburn | OK | Republican | Did not vote |
| Jeff Merkley | OR | Democrat | Yes |
| Ron Wyden | OR | Democrat | Yes |
| Patrick J. Toomey | PA | Republican | No |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | PA | Democrat | Yes |
| Jack Reed | RI | Democrat | Yes |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | RI | Democrat | Yes |
| Lindsey Graham | SC | Republican | No |
| Tim Scott | SC | Republican | No |
| John Thune | SD | Republican | No |
| Tim Johnson | SD | Democrat | Yes |
| Bob Corker | TN | Republican | No |
| Lamar Alexander | TN | Republican | No |
| John Cornyn | TX | Republican | Did not vote |
| Ted Cruz | TX | Republican | Did not vote |
| Mike Lee | UT | Republican | No |
| Orrin G. Hatch | UT | Republican | No |
| Mark R. Warner | VA | Democrat | Yes |
| Tim Kaine | VA | Democrat | Yes |
| Bernard Sanders | VT | Independent | Yes |
| Patrick J. Leahy | VT | Democrat | Yes |
| Maria Cantwell | WA | Democrat | Yes |
| Patty Murray | WA | Democrat | Yes |
| Ron Johnson | WI | Republican | No |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI | Democrat | Yes |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV | Democrat | Yes |
| John D. Rockefeller, IV | WV | Democrat | Yes |
| John Barrasso | WY | Republican | No |
| Michael B. Enzi | WY | Republican | No |