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Senate · Roll call 156 · 2nd session · Dec. 5, 2016 A vote to end debate, known as invoking cloture, on H.R. 34, the 21st Century Cures Act.
Cloture Motion Agreed to85–13 End debate
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion
- Official record
- Senate roll call 156, 114th Congress, 2nd session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 114-s495, 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. 34, 21st Century Cures Act
How each party voted
About this vote
Cloture is the Senate procedure for ending debate; it generally needs the votes of three-fifths of the senators, and a Yes vote supports ending debate.
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Summary by the Congressional Research Service
(This measure has not been amended since the House agreed to the Senate amendment with amendment on November 30, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.) 21st Century Cures Act DIVISION A--21ST CENTURY CURES 21st Century Cures Act TITLE I--INNOVATION PROJECTS AND STATE RESPONSES TO OPIOID ABUSE (Sec.
How each member voted
| Member | Seat | Party | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sullivan | AK | Republican | Yes |
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Republican | No |
| Jeff Sessions | AL | Republican | Yes |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL | Republican | Yes |
| John Boozman | AR | Republican | Yes |
| Tom Cotton | AR | Republican | Yes |
| Jeff Flake | AZ | Republican | Yes |
| John McCain | AZ | Republican | Yes |
| Barbara Boxer | CA | Democrat | No |
| Dianne Feinstein | CA | Democrat | Yes |
| Cory Gardner | CO | Republican | Yes |
| Michael F. Bennet | CO | Democrat | Yes |
| Christopher Murphy | CT | Democrat | Yes |
| Richard Blumenthal | CT | Democrat | Yes |
| Christopher A. Coons | DE | Democrat | Yes |
| Thomas R. Carper | DE | Democrat | Yes |
| Bill Nelson | FL | Democrat | Yes |
| Marco Rubio | FL | Republican | Yes |
| David Perdue | GA | Republican | Yes |
| Johnny Isakson | GA | Republican | Yes |
| Brian Schatz | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Chuck Grassley | IA | Republican | Yes |
| Joni Ernst | IA | Republican | Yes |
| James E. Risch | ID | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Crapo | ID | Republican | Yes |
| Mark Kirk | IL | Republican | Yes |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL | Democrat | Yes |
| Daniel Coats | IN | Republican | Yes |
| Joe Donnelly | IN | Democrat | Yes |
| Jerry Moran | KS | Republican | Yes |
| Pat Roberts | KS | Republican | Yes |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Republican | Yes |
| Rand Paul | KY | Republican | Yes |
| Bill Cassidy | LA | Republican | Yes |
| David Vitter | LA | Republican | Yes |
| Edward J. Markey | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| Elizabeth Warren | MA | Democrat | No |
| Barbara A. Mikulski | MD | Democrat | Yes |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD | Democrat | Yes |
| Angus S. King, Jr. | ME | Independent | Yes |
| Susan M. Collins | ME | Republican | Yes |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI | Democrat | Yes |
| Gary C. Peters | MI | Democrat | Yes |
| Al Franken | MN | Democrat | Yes |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN | Democrat | Yes |
| Claire McCaskill | MO | Democrat | Yes |
| Roy Blunt | MO | Republican | Yes |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS | Republican | Yes |
| Thad Cochran | MS | Republican | Yes |
| Jon Tester | MT | Democrat | Yes |
| Steve Daines | MT | Republican | Yes |
| Richard Burr | NC | Republican | Yes |
| Thom Tillis | NC | Republican | Yes |
| Heidi Heitkamp | ND | Democrat | Yes |
| John Hoeven | ND | Republican | Yes |
| Ben Sasse | NE | Republican | Yes |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Republican | Yes |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Democrat | Yes |
| Kelly Ayotte | NH | Republican | Yes |
| Cory A. Booker | NJ | Democrat | Yes |
| Robert Menendez | NJ | Democrat | Yes |
| Martin Heinrich | NM | Democrat | Yes |
| Tom Udall | NM | Democrat | No |
| Dean Heller | NV | Republican | Yes |
| Harry Reid | NV | Democrat | Yes |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY | Democrat | No |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY | Democrat | No |
| Rob Portman | OH | Republican | No |
| Sherrod Brown | OH | Democrat | No |
| James Lankford | OK | Republican | Yes |
| James M. Inhofe | OK | Republican | Yes |
| Jeff Merkley | OR | Democrat | No |
| Ron Wyden | OR | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Patrick J. Toomey | PA | Republican | Yes |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | PA | Democrat | Yes |
| Jack Reed | RI | Democrat | Yes |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | RI | Democrat | Yes |
| Lindsey Graham | SC | Republican | Yes |
| Tim Scott | SC | Republican | Yes |
| John Thune | SD | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Rounds | SD | Republican | Yes |
| Bob Corker | TN | Republican | Yes |
| Lamar Alexander | TN | Republican | Yes |
| John Cornyn | TX | Republican | Yes |
| Ted Cruz | TX | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Lee | UT | Republican | No |
| Orrin G. Hatch | UT | Republican | Yes |
| Mark R. Warner | VA | Democrat | Yes |
| Tim Kaine | VA | Democrat | Yes |
| Bernard Sanders | VT | Independent | No |
| Patrick J. Leahy | VT | Democrat | Yes |
| Maria Cantwell | WA | Democrat | Yes |
| Patty Murray | WA | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Ron Johnson | WI | Republican | Yes |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI | Democrat | Yes |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV | Democrat | No |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV | Republican | No |
| John Barrasso | WY | Republican | Yes |
| Michael B. Enzi | WY | Republican | Yes |