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Senate · Roll call 153 · 2nd session · May 4, 2022 A vote to approve a motion in the Senate on H.R. 4521, the United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021.

Motion Rejected6–87 Motion
Question
On the Motion
Official record
Senate roll call 153, 117th Congress, 2nd session
Capitol Lens ID
117-s681, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 117th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
Bill
H.R. 4521, United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021
Details
A bill to provide for a coordinated Federal research initiative to ensure continued United States leadership in engineering biology.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 5 · No 38 · Did not vote 5
Republicans
Yes 0 · No 48 · Did not vote 2
Independent
Yes 1 · No 1

About this vote

All the record offers about the motion is its label, “On the Motion,” and the official description “A bill to provide for a coordinated Federal research initiative to ensure continued United States leadership in engineering biology.” A Yes vote means agreeing to the motion, whatever its terms.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 This bill addresses U.S. technology and communications, foreign relations and national security, domestic manufacturing, education, trade, and other matters. Among other provisions, the bill provides funding for FY2022-FY2026 to support U.S.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanNo
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanNo
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanDid not vote
Tommy TubervilleALRepublicanNo
John BoozmanARRepublicanNo
Tom CottonARRepublicanNo
Kyrsten SinemaAZDemocratNo
Mark KellyAZDemocratNo
Alex PadillaCADemocratNo
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratNo
John W. HickenlooperCODemocratNo
Michael F. BennetCODemocratDid not vote
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratNo
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratNo
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratDid not vote
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratNo
Marco RubioFLRepublicanNo
Rick ScottFLRepublicanNo
Jon OssoffGADemocratNo
Raphael G. WarnockGADemocratNo
Brian SchatzHIDemocratNo
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratNo
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanNo
Joni ErnstIARepublicanNo
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanNo
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratNo
Tammy DuckworthILDemocratNo
Mike BraunINRepublicanNo
Todd YoungINRepublicanNo
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanNo
Roger MarshallKSRepublicanNo
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanNo
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
Bill CassidyLARepublicanNo
John KennedyLARepublicanNo
Edward J. MarkeyMADemocratYes
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratNo
Chris Van HollenMDDemocratNo
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentNo
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanNo
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratNo
Gary C. PetersMIDemocratNo
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratNo
Tina SmithMNDemocratNo
Josh HawleyMORepublicanNo
Roy BluntMORepublicanDid not vote
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 MenendezNJDemocratDid not vote
Ben Ray LujánNMDemocratDid not vote
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratDid not vote
Catherine Cortez MastoNVDemocratNo
Jacky RosenNVDemocratNo
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratNo
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratNo
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanNo
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratNo
James LankfordOKRepublicanNo
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanNo
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratNo
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanNo
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratNo
Jack ReedRIDemocratNo
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratNo
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanNo
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanNo
Bill HagertyTNRepublicanNo
Marsha BlackburnTNRepublicanNo
John CornynTXRepublicanNo
Ted CruzTXRepublicanNo
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Mitt RomneyUTRepublicanNo
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratNo
Tim KaineVADemocratNo
Bernard SandersVTIndependentYes
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratNo
Maria CantwellWADemocratNo
Patty MurrayWADemocratNo
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanNo
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratNo
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanNo
Cynthia M. LummisWYRepublicanNo
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo