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Senate · Roll call 212 · 2nd session · June 25, 2014 A vote to adopt an amendment to H.R. 803, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, that would make appointing a new local board permissible instead of required.

Amendment Rejected33–63 Amendment Party-line vote
Question
On the Amendment
Official record
Senate roll call 212, 113th Congress, 2nd session
Capitol Lens ID
113-s503, 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
H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Details
To make the appointment and certification of a new local board permissible instead of required.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 0 · No 51 · Did not vote 2
Republicans
Yes 33 · No 10 · Did not vote 2
Independent
Yes 0 · No 2

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

About this vote

The amendment is described as making the appointment and certification of a new local board permissible instead of required. A Yes vote supports adopting the amendment to the workforce bill.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce development systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II, adult education and family literacy education programs.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanNo
Mark BegichAKDemocratNo
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanYes
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanYes
John BoozmanARRepublicanYes
Mark L. PryorARDemocratNo
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 IsaksonGARepublicanNo
Saxby ChamblissGARepublicanNo
Brian SchatzHIDemocratNo
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratNo
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Tom HarkinIADemocratNo
James E. RischIDRepublicanYes
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanYes
Mark KirkILRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratNo
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanYes
Joe DonnellyINDemocratNo
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanNo
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 McCaskillMODemocratDid not vote
Roy BluntMORepublicanYes
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Thad CochranMSRepublicanDid not vote
John E. WalshMTDemocratNo
Jon TesterMTDemocratNo
Kay R. HaganNCDemocratNo
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratNo
John HoevenNDRepublicanNo
Deb FischerNERepublicanYes
Mike JohannsNERepublicanDid not vote
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratNo
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanYes
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratNo
Robert MenendezNJDemocratNo
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratNo
Tom UdallNMDemocratNo
Dean HellerNVRepublicanYes
Harry ReidNVDemocratNo
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratNo
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratNo
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanNo
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratNo
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanYes
Tom CoburnOKRepublicanYes
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratNo
Ron WydenORDemocratNo
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanYes
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratNo
Jack ReedRIDemocratNo
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratNo
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanYes
John ThuneSDRepublicanYes
Tim JohnsonSDDemocratNo
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanNo
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanNo
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, IVWVDemocratDid not vote
John BarrassoWYRepublicanYes
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanNo