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Senate · Roll call 122 · 2nd session · June 13, 2018 A vote to table an amendment on whether military force authorizations allow detaining U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents without charge or trial.

Motion to Table Failed30–68 Procedural Party-line vote
Question
On the Motion to Table
Official record
Senate roll call 122, 115th Congress, 2nd session
Capitol Lens ID
115-s447, 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. 5515, John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 3 · No 43 · Did not vote 1
Republicans
Yes 27 · No 23 · Did not vote 1
Independent
Yes 0 · No 2

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

About this vote

The amendment is described as clarifying that an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority does not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States. It was offered during Senate consideration of H.R. 5515, and a Yes vote supports setting the amendment aside.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Highlights: The John McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 authorizes FY2019 appropriations and sets forth policies regarding the military activities of the Department of Defense (DOD), military construction, and the national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE).

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 GardnerCORepublicanNo
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 ErnstIARepublicanNo
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanNo
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratNo
Tammy DuckworthILDemocratDid not vote
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Todd YoungINRepublicanYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanNo
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanYes
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
Bill CassidyLARepublicanNo
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
Cindy Hyde-SmithMSRepublicanYes
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Jon TesterMTDemocratNo
Steve DainesMTRepublicanNo
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Thom TillisNCRepublicanYes
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratNo
John HoevenNDRepublicanNo
Ben SasseNERepublicanYes
Deb FischerNERepublicanNo
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratNo
Margaret Wood HassanNHDemocratNo
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratNo
Robert MenendezNJDemocratNo
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratNo
Tom UdallNMDemocratNo
Catherine Cortez MastoNVDemocratYes
Dean HellerNVRepublicanNo
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratNo
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratNo
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratNo
James LankfordOKRepublicanNo
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanYes
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratNo
Ron WydenORDemocratNo
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanYes
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratNo
Jack ReedRIDemocratNo
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratNo
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanYes
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanYes
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanYes
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanNo
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanNo
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanNo
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