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Senate · Roll call 264 · 1st session · Sept. 10, 2015 A vote to end debate on a proposal of a perfecting nature offered in connection with H.J.Res. 61.

Cloture Motion Rejected58–42 End debate Party-line vote
Question
On the Cloture Motion
Official record
Senate roll call 264, 114th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
114-s264, 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.J.Res. 61, Hire More Heroes Act of 2015

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 4 · No 40
Republicans
Yes 54 · No 0
Independent
Yes 0 · No 2

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

President's positions

President Obama's position: wanted a No vote

“If the President were presented with H.J. Res. 64, he would veto the resolution.”

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

About this vote

A cloture motion ends debate so the Senate can move toward a vote, and it takes three-fifths of the Senate. A Yes vote would end debate on this proposal.

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 introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Hire More Heroes Act of 2015 (Sec.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanYes
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanYes
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanYes
John BoozmanARRepublicanYes
Tom CottonARRepublicanYes
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanYes
John McCainAZRepublicanYes
Barbara BoxerCADemocratNo
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratNo
Cory GardnerCORepublicanYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratNo
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratNo
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratNo
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratNo
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratNo
Bill NelsonFLDemocratNo
Marco RubioFLRepublicanYes
David PerdueGARepublicanYes
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanYes
Brian SchatzHIDemocratNo
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratNo
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Joni ErnstIARepublicanYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanYes
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanYes
Mark KirkILRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratNo
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanYes
Joe DonnellyINDemocratNo
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanYes
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanYes
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanYes
Bill CassidyLARepublicanYes
David VitterLARepublicanYes
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratNo
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratNo
Barbara A. MikulskiMDDemocratNo
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratYes
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentNo
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanYes
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratNo
Gary C. PetersMIDemocratNo
Al FrankenMNDemocratNo
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratNo
Claire McCaskillMODemocratNo
Roy BluntMORepublicanYes
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Thad CochranMSRepublicanYes
Jon TesterMTDemocratNo
Steve DainesMTRepublicanYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Thom TillisNCRepublicanYes
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratNo
John HoevenNDRepublicanYes
Ben SasseNERepublicanYes
Deb FischerNERepublicanYes
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratNo
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanYes
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratNo
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratNo
Tom UdallNMDemocratNo
Dean HellerNVRepublicanYes
Harry ReidNVDemocratNo
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratNo
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratNo
James LankfordOKRepublicanYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanYes
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratNo
Ron WydenORDemocratNo
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanYes
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratNo
Jack ReedRIDemocratNo
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratNo
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanYes
John ThuneSDRepublicanYes
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanYes
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanYes
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, IIIWVDemocratYes
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanYes
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanYes