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Senate · Roll call 259 · 2nd session · Sept. 8, 2014 A vote to end debate on moving to S.J.Res. 19, a proposed constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to79–18 End debate
- Question
- On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
- Official record
- Senate roll call 259, 113th Congress, 2nd session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 113-s550, 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.J.Res. 19, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
How each party voted
About this vote
The Congressional Research Service says the amendment would authorize Congress and the states to regulate and set reasonable limits on raising and spending money by candidates and others to influence elections. Cloture on a motion to proceed needs three-fifths of the Senate.
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Summary by the Congressional Research Service
Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes Congress and the states to regulate and set reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money by candidates and others to influence elections.
How each member voted
| Member | Seat | Party | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Republican | Did not vote |
| Mark Begich | AK | Democrat | Yes |
| Jeff Sessions | AL | Republican | Yes |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL | Republican | No |
| John Boozman | AR | Republican | Yes |
| Mark L. Pryor | AR | Democrat | Yes |
| Jeff Flake | AZ | Republican | Yes |
| John McCain | AZ | Republican | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
| Tom Harkin | IA | Democrat | Yes |
| James E. Risch | ID | Republican | No |
| Mike Crapo | ID | Republican | No |
| Mark Kirk | IL | Republican | Yes |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL | Democrat | Yes |
| Daniel Coats | IN | Republican | Yes |
| Joe Donnelly | IN | Democrat | Yes |
| Jerry Moran | KS | Republican | Yes |
| Pat Roberts | KS | Republican | No |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Republican | Yes |
| Rand Paul | KY | Republican | No |
| David Vitter | LA | Republican | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
| Susan M. Collins | ME | Republican | Yes |
| 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 | Did not vote |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS | Republican | Yes |
| Thad Cochran | MS | Republican | Yes |
| John E. Walsh | MT | Democrat | Yes |
| Jon Tester | MT | Democrat | Yes |
| Kay R. Hagan | NC | Democrat | Yes |
| Richard Burr | NC | Republican | Yes |
| Heidi Heitkamp | ND | Democrat | Yes |
| John Hoeven | ND | Republican | Yes |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Johanns | NE | Republican | Yes |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Democrat | Yes |
| Kelly Ayotte | NH | Republican | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
| Harry Reid | NV | Democrat | Yes |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Rob Portman | OH | Republican | No |
| Sherrod Brown | OH | Democrat | Yes |
| James M. Inhofe | OK | Republican | No |
| Tom Coburn | OK | Republican | No |
| 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 | Yes |
| Tim Scott | SC | Republican | No |
| John Thune | SD | Republican | No |
| Tim Johnson | SD | Democrat | Yes |
| Bob Corker | TN | Republican | Yes |
| Lamar Alexander | TN | Republican | Yes |
| John Cornyn | TX | Republican | Yes |
| Ted Cruz | TX | Republican | No |
| Mike Lee | UT | Republican | No |
| Orrin G. Hatch | UT | Republican | Yes |
| 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 |