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Senate · Roll call 135 · 2nd session · July 22, 2020 A vote to adopt an amendment to S. 4049 to reduce the Pentagon budget by 10 percent and invest that money in communities with high poverty.

Amendment Rejected23–77 Amendment
Question
On the Amendment
Official record
Senate roll call 135, 116th Congress, 2nd session
Capitol Lens ID
116-s563, 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
S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
Details
To reduce the bloated Pentagon budget by 10 percent and invest that money in jobs, education, health care, and housing in communities in the United States in which the poverty rate is not less than 25 percent.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 22 · No 23
Republicans
Yes 0 · No 53
Independent
Yes 1 · No 1

About this vote

The amendment is described as reducing the Pentagon budget by 10 percent and investing that money in jobs, education, health care, and housing in communities in the United States in which the poverty rate is not less than 25 percent. A Yes vote would add the amendment to the defense authorization bill.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 This bill authorizes FY2021 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanNo
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanNo
Doug JonesALDemocratNo
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanNo
John BoozmanARRepublicanNo
Tom CottonARRepublicanNo
Kyrsten SinemaAZDemocratNo
Martha McSallyAZRepublicanNo
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratNo
Kamala D. HarrisCADemocratNo
Cory GardnerCORepublicanNo
Michael F. BennetCODemocratNo
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratNo
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratNo
Marco RubioFLRepublicanNo
Rick ScottFLRepublicanNo
David PerdueGARepublicanNo
Kelly LoefflerGARepublicanNo
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanNo
Joni ErnstIARepublicanNo
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanNo
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Tammy DuckworthILDemocratNo
Mike BraunINRepublicanNo
Todd YoungINRepublicanNo
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanNo
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanNo
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanNo
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
Bill CassidyLARepublicanNo
John KennedyLARepublicanNo
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratYes
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratYes
Chris Van HollenMDDemocratYes
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentNo
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanNo
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratNo
Gary C. PetersMIDemocratNo
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratYes
Tina SmithMNDemocratYes
Josh HawleyMORepublicanNo
Roy BluntMORepublicanNo
Cindy Hyde-SmithMSRepublicanNo
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanNo
Jon TesterMTDemocratNo
Steve DainesMTRepublicanNo
Richard BurrNCRepublicanNo
Thom TillisNCRepublicanNo
John HoevenNDRepublicanNo
Kevin CramerNDRepublicanNo
Ben SasseNERepublicanNo
Deb FischerNERepublicanNo
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratNo
Margaret Wood HassanNHDemocratNo
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratYes
Robert MenendezNJDemocratNo
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratNo
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Catherine Cortez MastoNVDemocratNo
Jacky RosenNVDemocratNo
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanNo
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratNo
James LankfordOKRepublicanNo
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanNo
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanNo
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratNo
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratNo
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanNo
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanNo
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanNo
Marsha BlackburnTNRepublicanNo
John CornynTXRepublicanNo
Ted CruzTXRepublicanNo
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Mitt RomneyUTRepublicanNo
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratNo
Tim KaineVADemocratNo
Bernard SandersVTIndependentYes
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratYes
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanNo
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratNo
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanNo
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanNo