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Senate · Roll call 253 · 2nd session · July 31, 2014 A vote to agree to a motion on H.R. 3230, the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, a bill to improve veterans' access to medical services.

Motion Agreed to86–8 Motion
Question
On the Motion
Official record
Senate roll call 253, 113th Congress, 2nd session
Capitol Lens ID
113-s544, 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. 3230, Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014
Details
To improve the access of veterans to medical services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 50 · No 0 · Did not vote 3
Republicans
Yes 34 · No 8 · Did not vote 3
Independent
Yes 2 · No 0

About this vote

The bill is described as improving the access of veterans to medical services from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Its first title covers improving access to care from non-Department of Veterans Affairs providers. A Yes vote agrees to the motion.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on July 28, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 - Title I: Improvement of Access to Care from Non-Department of Veterans Affairs Providers - (Sec.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Mark BegichAKDemocratYes
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanNo
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanYes
John BoozmanARRepublicanYes
Mark L. PryorARDemocratYes
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanNo
John McCainAZRepublicanYes
Barbara BoxerCADemocratYes
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratYes
Mark UdallCODemocratYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Bill NelsonFLDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanYes
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanYes
Saxby ChamblissGARepublicanYes
Brian SchatzHIDemocratDid not vote
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Tom HarkinIADemocratDid not vote
James E. RischIDRepublicanYes
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanYes
Mark KirkILRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanYes
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanYes
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanDid not vote
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanYes
David VitterLARepublicanYes
Mary L. LandrieuLADemocratYes
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratYes
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
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 BluntMORepublicanYes
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Thad CochranMSRepublicanDid not vote
John E. WalshMTDemocratYes
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Kay R. HaganNCDemocratDid not vote
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanYes
Deb FischerNERepublicanYes
Mike JohannsNERepublicanYes
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanYes
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratYes
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Dean HellerNVRepublicanYes
Harry ReidNVDemocratYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanYes
Tom CoburnOKRepublicanNo
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanYes
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanYes
John ThuneSDRepublicanYes
Tim JohnsonSDDemocratYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanNo
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanDid not vote
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanYes
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