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Senate · Roll call 20 · 1st session · Jan. 11, 2017 A vote to agree to an amendment to S.Con.Res. 3, the budget resolution for fiscal year 2017.

Amendment Rejected46–52 Amendment Party-line vote
Question
On the Amendment
Official record
Senate roll call 20, 115th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
115-s20, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 115th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
Bill
S.Con.Res. 3, A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026.
Details
To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to lower prescription drug prices for Americans by importing drugs from Canada.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 32 · No 13 · Did not vote 1
Republicans
Yes 12 · No 39 · Did not vote 1
Independent
Yes 2 · No 0

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

About this vote

The amendment's official description is "To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to lower prescription drug prices for Americans by importing drugs from Canada." S.Con.Res. 3 is the concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for fiscal year 2017 and budget levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026; this is one of the amendments the Senate took up while debating it.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on January 12, 2017.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanNo
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanDid not vote
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanNo
John BoozmanARRepublicanYes
Tom CottonARRepublicanNo
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanYes
John McCainAZRepublicanYes
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratDid not vote
Kamala D. HarrisCADemocratYes
Cory GardnerCORepublicanNo
Michael F. BennetCODemocratNo
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratNo
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratNo
Bill NelsonFLDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanNo
David PerdueGARepublicanNo
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanNo
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Joni ErnstIARepublicanNo
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanNo
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Tammy DuckworthILDemocratYes
Joe DonnellyINDemocratNo
Todd YoungINRepublicanNo
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanNo
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanNo
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanNo
Rand PaulKYRepublicanYes
Bill CassidyLARepublicanNo
John KennedyLARepublicanYes
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratYes
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratYes
Chris Van HollenMDDemocratYes
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentYes
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanYes
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratYes
Gary C. PetersMIDemocratYes
Al FrankenMNDemocratYes
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratYes
Claire McCaskillMODemocratYes
Roy BluntMORepublicanNo
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanNo
Thad CochranMSRepublicanNo
Jon TesterMTDemocratNo
Steve DainesMTRepublicanNo
Richard BurrNCRepublicanNo
Thom TillisNCRepublicanNo
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratNo
John HoevenNDRepublicanNo
Ben SasseNERepublicanNo
Deb FischerNERepublicanNo
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Margaret Wood HassanNHDemocratYes
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratNo
Robert MenendezNJDemocratNo
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratNo
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Catherine Cortez MastoNVDemocratYes
Dean HellerNVRepublicanYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanNo
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James LankfordOKRepublicanNo
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanNo
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanNo
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratNo
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanNo
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanYes
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanNo
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanNo
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanNo
John CornynTXRepublicanNo
Ted CruzTXRepublicanYes
Mike LeeUTRepublicanYes
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanNo
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratNo
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentYes
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratNo
Patty MurrayWADemocratNo
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanNo
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanNo
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanNo