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Senate · Roll call 145 · 2nd session · Sept. 21, 2016 A vote to table S.J.Res. 39, a joint resolution disapproving a proposed foreign military sale to Saudi Arabia of M1A1/A2 Abrams Tank structures and other defense equipment.

Motion to Table Agreed to71–27 Procedural Party-line vote
Question
On the Motion to Table
Official record
Senate roll call 145, 114th Congress, 2nd session
Capitol Lens ID
114-s484, 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
S.J.Res. 39, A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of M1A1/A2 Abrams Tank structures and other major defense equipment.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 21 · No 22 · Did not vote 1
Republicans
Yes 49 · No 4 · Did not vote 1
Independent
Yes 1 · No 1

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

About this vote

A motion to table sets a question aside without a direct vote on it. The joint resolution relates to the disapproval of a proposed foreign military sale to the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of M1A1/A2 Abrams Tank structures and other major defense equipment. A Yes vote tables the resolution; a No vote keeps it before the Senate.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

This joint resolution prohibits the issuance of a letter of offer with respect to proposed sales to the government of Saudi Arabia of 153 M1A1/A2 Abrams Tank structures and specified other defense equipment and ammunition.

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 FeinsteinCADemocratYes
Cory GardnerCORepublicanYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratNo
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratNo
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Bill NelsonFLDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanYes
David PerdueGARepublicanYes
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanYes
Brian SchatzHIDemocratNo
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratNo
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Joni ErnstIARepublicanYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanYes
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanYes
Mark KirkILRepublicanNo
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratNo
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanYes
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanYes
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanYes
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
Bill CassidyLARepublicanYes
David VitterLARepublicanYes
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratNo
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratNo
Barbara A. MikulskiMDDemocratYes
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratYes
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentYes
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanYes
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratNo
Gary C. PetersMIDemocratYes
Al FrankenMNDemocratNo
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratNo
Claire McCaskillMODemocratYes
Roy BluntMORepublicanYes
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Thad CochranMSRepublicanYes
Jon TesterMTDemocratNo
Steve DainesMTRepublicanYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Thom TillisNCRepublicanYes
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanYes
Ben SasseNERepublicanYes
Deb FischerNERepublicanYes
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanYes
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratNo
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratNo
Tom UdallNMDemocratNo
Dean HellerNVRepublicanNo
Harry ReidNVDemocratNo
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratNo
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James LankfordOKRepublicanYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanYes
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratNo
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanYes
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanYes
John ThuneSDRepublicanDid not vote
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanYes
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanYes
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanYes
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanYes
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratDid not vote
Bernard SandersVTIndependentNo
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratNo
Maria CantwellWADemocratNo
Patty MurrayWADemocratNo
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanYes
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratNo
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanYes
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanYes