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Senate · Roll call 168 · 2nd session · Sept. 10, 2020 A vote to end debate on S. 178, the UIGHUR Act of 2019, about human rights violations against ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang.
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion
- Official record
- Senate roll call 168, 116th Congress, 2nd session
- Capitol Lens ID
- 116-s596, 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. 178, UIGHUR Act of 2019
How each party voted
Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
About this vote
Cloture ends debate on a bill so the Senate can move toward a final vote. The bill is described as condemning gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment; the Congressional Research Service says it directs the President to impose sanctions and export restrictions related to China's treatment of the Uyghurs. A Yes vote supports ending debate.
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Summary by the Congressional Research Service
Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2019 or the UIGHUR Act of 2019 This bill directs the President to impose sanctions and export restrictions related to China's treatment of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim Turkic ethnic group.
How each member voted
| Member | Seat | Party | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Sullivan | AK | Republican | Yes |
| Lisa Murkowski | AK | Republican | Yes |
| Doug Jones | AL | Democrat | No |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL | Republican | Yes |
| John Boozman | AR | Republican | Yes |
| Tom Cotton | AR | Republican | Yes |
| Kyrsten Sinema | AZ | Democrat | No |
| Martha McSally | AZ | Republican | Yes |
| Dianne Feinstein | CA | Democrat | No |
| Kamala D. Harris | CA | Democrat | Did not vote |
| Cory Gardner | CO | Republican | Yes |
| Michael F. Bennet | CO | Democrat | No |
| Christopher Murphy | CT | Democrat | No |
| Richard Blumenthal | CT | Democrat | No |
| Christopher A. Coons | DE | Democrat | No |
| Thomas R. Carper | DE | Democrat | No |
| Marco Rubio | FL | Republican | Yes |
| Rick Scott | FL | Republican | Yes |
| David Perdue | GA | Republican | Yes |
| Kelly Loeffler | GA | Republican | Yes |
| Brian Schatz | HI | Democrat | No |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI | Democrat | No |
| Chuck Grassley | IA | Republican | Yes |
| Joni Ernst | IA | Republican | Yes |
| James E. Risch | ID | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Crapo | ID | Republican | Yes |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL | Democrat | No |
| Tammy Duckworth | IL | Democrat | No |
| Mike Braun | IN | Republican | Yes |
| Todd Young | IN | Republican | Yes |
| Jerry Moran | KS | Republican | Yes |
| Pat Roberts | KS | Republican | Yes |
| Mitch McConnell | KY | Republican | Yes |
| Rand Paul | KY | Republican | No |
| Bill Cassidy | LA | Republican | Yes |
| John Kennedy | LA | Republican | Yes |
| Edward J. Markey | MA | Democrat | No |
| Elizabeth Warren | MA | Democrat | No |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD | Democrat | No |
| Chris Van Hollen | MD | Democrat | No |
| Angus S. King, Jr. | ME | Independent | No |
| Susan M. Collins | ME | Republican | Yes |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI | Democrat | No |
| Gary C. Peters | MI | Democrat | No |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN | Democrat | No |
| Tina Smith | MN | Democrat | No |
| Josh Hawley | MO | Republican | Yes |
| Roy Blunt | MO | Republican | Yes |
| Cindy Hyde-Smith | MS | Republican | Yes |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS | Republican | Yes |
| Jon Tester | MT | Democrat | No |
| Steve Daines | MT | Republican | Yes |
| Richard Burr | NC | Republican | Yes |
| Thom Tillis | NC | Republican | Yes |
| John Hoeven | ND | Republican | Yes |
| Kevin Cramer | ND | Republican | Yes |
| Ben Sasse | NE | Republican | Yes |
| Deb Fischer | NE | Republican | Yes |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH | Democrat | No |
| Margaret Wood Hassan | NH | Democrat | No |
| Cory A. Booker | NJ | Democrat | No |
| Robert Menendez | NJ | Democrat | No |
| Martin Heinrich | NM | Democrat | No |
| Tom Udall | NM | Democrat | No |
| Catherine Cortez Masto | NV | Democrat | No |
| Jacky Rosen | NV | Democrat | No |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY | Democrat | No |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY | Democrat | No |
| Rob Portman | OH | Republican | Yes |
| Sherrod Brown | OH | Democrat | No |
| James Lankford | OK | Republican | Yes |
| James M. Inhofe | OK | Republican | Yes |
| Jeff Merkley | OR | Democrat | No |
| Ron Wyden | OR | Democrat | No |
| Patrick J. Toomey | PA | Republican | Yes |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | PA | Democrat | No |
| Jack Reed | RI | Democrat | No |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | RI | Democrat | No |
| Lindsey Graham | SC | Republican | Yes |
| Tim Scott | SC | Republican | Yes |
| John Thune | SD | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Rounds | SD | Republican | Yes |
| Lamar Alexander | TN | Republican | Yes |
| Marsha Blackburn | TN | Republican | Yes |
| John Cornyn | TX | Republican | Yes |
| Ted Cruz | TX | Republican | Yes |
| Mike Lee | UT | Republican | Yes |
| Mitt Romney | UT | Republican | Yes |
| Mark R. Warner | VA | Democrat | No |
| Tim Kaine | VA | Democrat | No |
| Bernard Sanders | VT | Independent | No |
| Patrick J. Leahy | VT | Democrat | No |
| Maria Cantwell | WA | Democrat | No |
| Patty Murray | WA | Democrat | No |
| Ron Johnson | WI | Republican | Yes |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI | Democrat | No |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV | Democrat | No |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV | Republican | Yes |
| John Barrasso | WY | Republican | Yes |
| Michael B. Enzi | WY | Republican | Yes |