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Senate · Roll call 191 · 1st session · July 19, 2023 A vote to amend S. 2226, the defense authorization bill, stating that Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty does not supersede the constitutional requirement that Congress declare war.

Amendment Rejected16–83 Amendment
Question
On the Amendment
Official record
Senate roll call 191, 118th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
118-s191, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 118th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
Bill
S. 2226, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Details
To express the sense of Congress that Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty does not supersede the constitutional requirement that Congress declare war before the United States engages in war.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 0 · No 48
Republicans
Yes 16 · No 32 · Did not vote 1
Independent
Yes 0 · No 3

About this vote

The Senate voted on an amendment to S. 2226, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, which according to its official description would express the sense of Congress that Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty does not supersede the constitutional requirement that Congress declare war before the United States engages in war. A Yes vote was a vote to add it to the bill.

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How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Dan SullivanAKRepublicanNo
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanNo
Katie Boyd BrittALRepublicanNo
Tommy TubervilleALRepublicanYes
John BoozmanARRepublicanNo
Tom CottonARRepublicanNo
Kyrsten SinemaAZIndependentNo
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 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 BraunINRepublicanYes
Todd YoungINRepublicanNo
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanNo
Roger MarshallKSRepublicanYes
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanNo
Rand PaulKYRepublicanYes
Bill CassidyLARepublicanNo
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
Eric SchmittMORepublicanYes
Josh HawleyMORepublicanYes
Cindy Hyde-SmithMSRepublicanNo
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanNo
Jon TesterMTDemocratNo
Steve DainesMTRepublicanYes
Ted BuddNCRepublicanNo
Thom TillisNCRepublicanNo
John HoevenNDRepublicanNo
Kevin CramerNDRepublicanNo
Deb FischerNERepublicanNo
Pete RickettsNERepublicanNo
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
J.D. VanceOHRepublicanYes
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratNo
James LankfordOKRepublicanYes
Markwayne MullinOKRepublicanNo
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratNo
Ron WydenORDemocratNo
John FettermanPADemocratNo
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratNo
Jack ReedRIDemocratNo
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratNo
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanNo
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Mike RoundsSDRepublicanNo
Bill HagertyTNRepublicanYes
Marsha BlackburnTNRepublicanNo
John CornynTXRepublicanNo
Ted CruzTXRepublicanYes
Mike LeeUTRepublicanYes
Mitt RomneyUTRepublicanNo
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratNo
Tim KaineVADemocratNo
Bernard SandersVTIndependentNo
Peter WelchVTDemocratNo
Maria CantwellWADemocratNo
Patty MurrayWADemocratNo
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanYes
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratNo
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratNo
Shelley Moore CapitoWVRepublicanNo
Cynthia M. LummisWYRepublicanYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanDid not vote