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Senate · Roll call 62 · 1st session · Feb. 27, 2015 A vote to pass H.R. 240, the bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes.
- Question
- On Passage of the Bill
- Official record
- Senate roll call 62, 114th Congress, 1st session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 114-s62, 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. 240, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
How each party voted
Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
President Obama's position: wanted a Yes vote
“The President will sign it, and operations at the Department of Homeland Security will not just continue uninterrupted”
Source: Public statement · Checked against the statement (AI-assisted)
About this vote
This is the Senate's vote on H.R. 240 as a whole, and a Yes vote is for passing the bill in the Senate. The bill is the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015.
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 passed by the Senate on February 27, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Highlights: The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 provides FY2015 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including U.S.
How each member voted
| Member | Seat | Party | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sullivan | AK | Republican | No |
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Republican | Yes |
| Jeff Sessions | AL | Republican | No |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL | Republican | No |
| John Boozman | AR | Republican | No |
| Tom Cotton | AR | Republican | No |
| Jeff Flake | AZ | Republican | Yes |
| John McCain | AZ | Republican | Yes |
| Barbara Boxer | CA | Democrat | Did not vote |
| 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 | No |
| David Perdue | GA | Republican | No |
| Johnny Isakson | GA | Republican | No |
| Brian Schatz | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI | Democrat | Yes |
| Chuck Grassley | IA | Republican | No |
| Joni Ernst | IA | Republican | No |
| James E. Risch | ID | Republican | No |
| Mike Crapo | ID | Republican | No |
| 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 | No |
| Pat Roberts | KS | Republican | No |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Republican | Yes |
| Rand Paul | KY | Republican | No |
| Bill Cassidy | LA | Republican | No |
| David Vitter | LA | Republican | No |
| Edward J. Markey | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| Elizabeth Warren | MA | Democrat | Yes |
| 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 | No |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS | Republican | No |
| Thad Cochran | MS | Republican | Yes |
| Jon Tester | MT | Democrat | Yes |
| Steve Daines | MT | Republican | No |
| Richard Burr | NC | Republican | No |
| Thom Tillis | NC | Republican | No |
| Heidi Heitkamp | ND | Democrat | Yes |
| John Hoeven | ND | Republican | No |
| Ben Sasse | NE | Republican | No |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Republican | No |
| 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 | Yes |
| Dean Heller | NV | Republican | Yes |
| Harry Reid | NV | Democrat | Yes |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY | Democrat | Yes |
| Rob Portman | OH | Republican | No |
| Sherrod Brown | OH | Democrat | Yes |
| James Lankford | OK | Republican | No |
| James M. Inhofe | OK | Republican | No |
| Jeff Merkley | OR | Democrat | Yes |
| Ron Wyden | OR | Democrat | Yes |
| 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 | No |
| 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 | No |
| 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 | Yes |
| Patrick J. Leahy | VT | Democrat | Yes |
| Maria Cantwell | WA | Democrat | Yes |
| Patty Murray | WA | Democrat | Yes |
| Ron Johnson | WI | Republican | Yes |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI | Democrat | Yes |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV | Democrat | Yes |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV | Republican | Yes |
| John Barrasso | WY | Republican | Yes |
| Michael B. Enzi | WY | Republican | Yes |