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Senate · Roll call 205 · 1st session · June 9, 2015 A vote to agree to an amendment to H.R. 1735 limiting overseas contingency operations funding authorized until relief from the Budget Control Act of 2011 spending limits.

Amendment Rejected46–51 Amendment Party-line vote
Question
On the Amendment
Official record
Senate roll call 205, 114th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
114-s205, 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. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Details
To limit the availability of amounts authorized to be appropriated for overseas contingency operations pending relief from the spending limits under the Budget Control Act of 2011.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 44 · No 0
Republicans
Yes 0 · No 51 · Did not vote 3
Independent
Yes 2 · No 0

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

About this vote

The amendment is described as one that would limit the availability of amounts authorized to be appropriated for overseas contingency operations pending relief from the spending limits under the Budget Control Act of 2011. A Yes vote would add it to the bill.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Highlights: The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 authorizes FY2016 appropriations and sets forth policies regarding the military activities of the Department of Defense (DOD), military construction, and the national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE).

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanNo
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanNo
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanNo
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanNo
John BoozmanARRepublicanNo
Tom CottonARRepublicanNo
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanNo
John McCainAZRepublicanNo
Barbara BoxerCADemocratYes
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratYes
Cory GardnerCORepublicanNo
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Bill NelsonFLDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanDid not vote
David PerdueGARepublicanNo
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanNo
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanNo
Joni ErnstIARepublicanNo
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanNo
Mark KirkILRepublicanNo
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanNo
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanNo
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanNo
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanNo
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
Bill CassidyLARepublicanNo
David VitterLARepublicanDid not vote
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 DainesMTRepublicanNo
Richard BurrNCRepublicanNo
Thom TillisNCRepublicanNo
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanNo
Ben SasseNERepublicanNo
Deb FischerNERepublicanNo
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanNo
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratYes
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Dean HellerNVRepublicanNo
Harry ReidNVDemocratYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanNo
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James LankfordOKRepublicanNo
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanNo
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanNo
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanNo
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanNo
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanNo
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanNo
John CornynTXRepublicanNo
Ted CruzTXRepublicanDid not vote
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanNo
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentYes
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratYes
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanNo
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanNo
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanNo