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Senate · Roll call 201 · 1st session · June 2, 2015 A vote to pass H.R. 2048, the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015.

Bill Passed67–32 Passage Party-line vote
Question
On Passage of the Bill
Official record
Senate roll call 201, 114th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
114-s201, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 114th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
Bill
H.R. 2048, USA FREEDOM Act of 2015

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 43 · No 1
Republicans
Yes 23 · No 30 · Did not vote 1
Independent
Yes 1 · No 1

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

President's positions

President Obama's position: wanted a Yes vote

“The Administration strongly supports House passage of H.R. 2048, the USA FREEDOM Act.”

Source: White House statement on the bill · Checked against the statement (AI-assisted)

About this vote

This is the Senate's vote on the bill as a whole. The bill is described as a bill to reform the authorities of the Federal Government to require the production of certain business records, conduct electronic surveillance, use pen registers and trap and trace devices, and use other forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes. A Yes vote would pass it.

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

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 13, 2015.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanYes
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanNo
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanNo
John BoozmanARRepublicanYes
Tom CottonARRepublicanNo
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanYes
John McCainAZRepublicanNo
Barbara BoxerCADemocratYes
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratYes
Cory GardnerCORepublicanYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Bill NelsonFLDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanNo
David PerdueGARepublicanNo
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanNo
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Joni ErnstIARepublicanNo
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanNo
Mark KirkILRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanNo
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanNo
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanNo
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanNo
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
Bill CassidyLARepublicanYes
David VitterLARepublicanYes
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratYes
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
Barbara A. MikulskiMDDemocratYes
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratYes
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentYes
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanNo
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratYes
Gary C. PetersMIDemocratYes
Al FrankenMNDemocratYes
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratYes
Claire McCaskillMODemocratYes
Roy BluntMORepublicanNo
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanNo
Thad CochranMSRepublicanNo
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Steve DainesMTRepublicanYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanNo
Thom TillisNCRepublicanNo
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanYes
Ben SasseNERepublicanNo
Deb FischerNERepublicanNo
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanYes
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratYes
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Dean HellerNVRepublicanYes
Harry ReidNVDemocratYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanNo
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James LankfordOKRepublicanYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanYes
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanNo
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanDid not vote
Tim ScottSCRepublicanYes
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanNo
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanYes
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanYes
Mike LeeUTRepublicanYes
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanNo
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentNo
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratYes
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanYes
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratNo
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanNo