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Senate · Roll call 360 · 2nd session · Nov. 29, 2022 A vote to adopt an amendment to H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act, described only as “To improve the bill.”

Amendment Rejected45–52 Amendment Party-line vote
Question
On the Amendment
Official record
Senate roll call 360, 117th Congress, 2nd session
Capitol Lens ID
117-s888, 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. 8404, Respect for Marriage Act
Details
To improve the bill.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 0 · No 47 · Did not vote 1
Republicans
Yes 45 · No 3 · Did not vote 2
Independent
Yes 0 · No 2

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

About this vote

Nothing else in the record explains the amendment, and voting Yes supports adopting it. The act's Congressional Research Service summary says it provides statutory authority for same-sex and interracial marriages.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Respect for Marriage Act This act provides statutory authority for same-sex and interracial marriages.

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanYes
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanNo
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanYes
Tommy TubervilleALRepublicanYes
John BoozmanARRepublicanYes
Tom CottonARRepublicanYes
Kyrsten SinemaAZDemocratNo
Mark KellyAZDemocratNo
Alex PadillaCADemocratNo
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratNo
John W. HickenlooperCODemocratNo
Michael F. BennetCODemocratNo
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratNo
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratNo
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratNo
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratNo
Marco RubioFLRepublicanYes
Rick ScottFLRepublicanYes
Jon OssoffGADemocratNo
Raphael G. WarnockGADemocratDid not vote
Brian SchatzHIDemocratNo
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratNo
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanYes
Joni ErnstIARepublicanYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanYes
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanYes
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratNo
Tammy DuckworthILDemocratNo
Mike BraunINRepublicanYes
Todd YoungINRepublicanYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanYes
Roger MarshallKSRepublicanYes
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanYes
Rand PaulKYRepublicanYes
Bill CassidyLARepublicanYes
John KennedyLARepublicanYes
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
Josh HawleyMORepublicanYes
Roy BluntMORepublicanYes
Cindy Hyde-SmithMSRepublicanYes
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanYes
Jon TesterMTDemocratNo
Steve DainesMTRepublicanYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanYes
Thom TillisNCRepublicanYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanYes
Kevin CramerNDRepublicanYes
Ben SasseNERepublicanDid not vote
Deb FischerNERepublicanYes
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratNo
Margaret Wood HassanNHDemocratNo
Cory A. BookerNJDemocratNo
Robert MenendezNJDemocratNo
Ben Ray LujánNMDemocratNo
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratNo
Catherine Cortez MastoNVDemocratNo
Jacky RosenNVDemocratNo
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratNo
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratNo
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanNo
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratNo
James LankfordOKRepublicanYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanYes
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratNo
Ron WydenORDemocratNo
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanDid not vote
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratNo
Jack ReedRIDemocratNo
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratNo
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanYes
Tim ScottSCRepublicanYes
John ThuneSDRepublicanYes
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanYes
Bill HagertyTNRepublicanYes
Marsha BlackburnTNRepublicanYes
John CornynTXRepublicanYes
Ted CruzTXRepublicanYes
Mike LeeUTRepublicanYes
Mitt RomneyUTRepublicanYes
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratNo
Tim KaineVADemocratNo
Bernard SandersVTIndependentNo
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratNo
Maria CantwellWADemocratNo
Patty MurrayWADemocratNo
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanYes
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratNo
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratNo
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanYes
Cynthia M. LummisWYRepublicanYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanYes