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Senate · Roll call 273 · 1st session · Oct. 1, 2015 A vote to end debate on the motion to proceed to H.R. 2029, a bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies.

Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected50–44 End debate Party-line vote
Question
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Official record
Senate roll call 273, 114th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
114-s273, 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. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 1 · No 42 · Did not vote 1
Republicans
Yes 49 · No 0 · Did not vote 5
Independent
Yes 0 · No 2

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

About this vote

Cloture on a motion to proceed ends debate on whether the Senate should begin considering the bill, and it takes three-fifths of the Senate. The bill makes appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Highlights: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 provides FY2016 appropriations; extends expiring tax provisions; and affects policies in areas including oil exports, intelligence, cybersecurity, health care, financial services, visa waivers, and conservation.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanYes
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanYes
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanYes
John BoozmanARRepublicanYes
Tom CottonARRepublicanYes
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanYes
John McCainAZRepublicanDid not vote
Barbara BoxerCADemocratDid not vote
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratNo
Cory GardnerCORepublicanYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratNo
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratNo
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratNo
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratNo
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratNo
Bill NelsonFLDemocratNo
Marco RubioFLRepublicanDid not vote
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 DonnellyINDemocratYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanYes
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanYes
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanYes
Bill CassidyLARepublicanYes
David VitterLARepublicanDid not vote
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratNo
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratNo
Barbara A. MikulskiMDDemocratNo
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratNo
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 MenendezNJDemocratNo
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratNo
Tom UdallNMDemocratNo
Dean HellerNVRepublicanYes
Harry ReidNVDemocratNo
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratNo
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 GrahamSCRepublicanDid not vote
Tim ScottSCRepublicanYes
John ThuneSDRepublicanYes
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanYes
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanYes
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanDid not vote
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, IIIWVDemocratNo
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanYes
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanYes