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Senate · Roll call 36 · 2nd session · Feb. 15, 2018 A vote to end debate on an amendment to H.R. 2579 described as being in the nature of a substitute.

Cloture Motion Rejected39–60 End debate Party-line vote
Question
On the Cloture Motion
Official record
Senate roll call 36, 115th Congress, 2nd session
Capitol Lens ID
115-s361, 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
H.R. 2579, Broader Options for Americans Act

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 3 · No 44
Republicans
Yes 36 · No 14 · Did not vote 1
Independent
Yes 0 · No 2

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

President's positions

President Trump's position: wanted a Yes vote

“I am asking all Senators, in both parties, to support the Grassley bill”

Source: Public statement · Checked against the statement (AI-assisted)

About this vote

Cloture is the Senate procedure for ending debate on a matter so that it can move to a final vote. An amendment in the nature of a substitute would replace the text of the measure under consideration. A Yes vote ends debate.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 2, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Broader Options for Americans Act (Sec.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanYes
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanNo
Doug JonesALDemocratNo
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanYes
John BoozmanARRepublicanYes
Tom CottonARRepublicanYes
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanNo
John McCainAZRepublicanDid not vote
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratNo
Kamala D. HarrisCADemocratNo
Cory GardnerCORepublicanYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratNo
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratNo
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratNo
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratNo
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratNo
Bill NelsonFLDemocratNo
Marco RubioFLRepublicanYes
David PerdueGARepublicanYes
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanYes
Brian SchatzHIDemocratNo
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratNo
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Joni ErnstIARepublicanYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanYes
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratNo
Tammy DuckworthILDemocratNo
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Todd YoungINRepublicanYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanNo
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanYes
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
Bill CassidyLARepublicanYes
John KennedyLARepublicanNo
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratNo
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratNo
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratNo
Chris Van HollenMDDemocratNo
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentNo
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanNo
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratNo
Gary C. PetersMIDemocratNo
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratNo
Tina SmithMNDemocratNo
Claire McCaskillMODemocratNo
Roy BluntMORepublicanYes
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Thad CochranMSRepublicanYes
Jon TesterMTDemocratNo
Steve DainesMTRepublicanNo
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Thom TillisNCRepublicanYes
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanYes
Ben SasseNERepublicanNo
Deb FischerNERepublicanYes
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratNo
Margaret Wood HassanNHDemocratNo
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratNo
Robert MenendezNJDemocratNo
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratNo
Tom UdallNMDemocratNo
Catherine Cortez MastoNVDemocratNo
Dean HellerNVRepublicanYes
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratNo
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratNo
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratNo
James LankfordOKRepublicanYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanNo
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratNo
Ron WydenORDemocratNo
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanYes
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratNo
Jack ReedRIDemocratNo
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratNo
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanYes
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanYes
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanYes
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanNo
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanYes
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratNo
Tim KaineVADemocratNo
Bernard SandersVTIndependentNo
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratNo
Maria CantwellWADemocratNo
Patty MurrayWADemocratNo
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanYes
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratNo
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanNo