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Senate · Roll call 89 · 2nd session · May 13, 2020 A vote to agree to an amendment to H.R. 6172 to remove internet browsing and search history from the authority to access certain business records.

Amendment Rejected59–37 Amendment Party-line vote
Question
On the Amendment
Official record
Senate roll call 89, 116th Congress, 2nd session
Capitol Lens ID
116-s517, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 116th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
Bill
H.R. 6172, USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020
Details
To remove internet website browsing information and search history from scope of authority to access certain business records for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 34 · No 10 · Did not vote 1
Republicans
Yes 24 · No 27 · Did not vote 2
Independent
Yes 1 · No 0 · Did not vote 1

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

About this vote

The record describes the amendment as one "To remove internet website browsing information and search history from scope of authority to access certain business records for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations." It would change H.R. 6172, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020. A Yes vote would agree to it.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 This bill reauthorizes through December 1, 2023, provisions related to intelligence gathering under the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act (FISA) and amends FISA-related provisions.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanYes
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Doug JonesALDemocratNo
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanNo
John BoozmanARRepublicanNo
Tom CottonARRepublicanNo
Kyrsten SinemaAZDemocratYes
Martha McSallyAZRepublicanYes
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratNo
Kamala D. HarrisCADemocratYes
Cory GardnerCORepublicanYes
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratNo
Marco RubioFLRepublicanNo
Rick ScottFLRepublicanYes
David PerdueGARepublicanNo
Kelly LoefflerGARepublicanYes
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Joni ErnstIARepublicanYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanYes
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Tammy DuckworthILDemocratYes
Mike BraunINRepublicanYes
Todd YoungINRepublicanNo
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanYes
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanNo
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanNo
Rand PaulKYRepublicanYes
Bill CassidyLARepublicanYes
John KennedyLARepublicanYes
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratYes
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratYes
Chris Van HollenMDDemocratYes
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentYes
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanNo
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratYes
Gary C. PetersMIDemocratYes
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratYes
Tina SmithMNDemocratYes
Josh HawleyMORepublicanYes
Roy BluntMORepublicanNo
Cindy Hyde-SmithMSRepublicanNo
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanNo
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Steve DainesMTRepublicanYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanNo
Thom TillisNCRepublicanNo
John HoevenNDRepublicanYes
Kevin CramerNDRepublicanYes
Ben SasseNERepublicanDid not vote
Deb FischerNERepublicanNo
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratNo
Margaret Wood HassanNHDemocratNo
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratYes
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Catherine Cortez MastoNVDemocratYes
Jacky RosenNVDemocratYes
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 WhitehouseRIDemocratNo
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanNo
Tim ScottSCRepublicanYes
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanYes
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanDid not vote
Marsha BlackburnTNRepublicanNo
John CornynTXRepublicanNo
Ted CruzTXRepublicanYes
Mike LeeUTRepublicanYes
Mitt RomneyUTRepublicanNo
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratNo
Tim KaineVADemocratNo
Bernard SandersVTIndependentDid not vote
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratDid not vote
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanNo
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratNo
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanNo
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanYes