Senate Roll Call 553, 113th Congress · September 15, 2014
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
Paycheck Fairness Act
Policy area: Labor and Employment — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.
How this vote is scored
Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.
- Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Worker priority”
model(0.95): Advancing legislation prohibiting wage discrimination prioritizes worker rights.
Tagged by: policy-area:Labor and Employment
Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority
- Civil RightsA yea counts toward “Broaden protections”
model(0.95): Advancing the Paycheck Fairness Act broadens protections against sex discrimination in compensation.
Tagged by: keyword:discrimination
Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (52)
- Tammy Baldwin
- Mark Begich
- Michael F. Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cory A. Booker
- Barbara Boxer
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Christopher A. Coons
- Richard J. Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein
- Al Franken
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Kay R. Hagan
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Tim Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- Amy Klobuchar
- Mary L. Landrieu
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Carl Levin
- Joe Manchin, III
- Edward J. Markey
- Claire McCaskill
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Christopher Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- Mark L. Pryor
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- John D. Rockefeller, IV
- Bernard Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Charles E. Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Debbie Stabenow
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall
- Tom Udall
- John E. Walsh
- Mark R. Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay (40)
- Lamar Alexander
- Kelly Ayotte
- John Boozman
- Richard Burr
- Daniel Coats
- Tom Coburn
- Thad Cochran
- Susan M. Collins
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Michael B. Enzi
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Dean Heller
- John Hoeven
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Mike Johanns
- Ron Johnson
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Mark Kirk
- Mike Lee
- John McCain
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman
- James E. Risch
- Marco Rubio
- Tim Scott
- Jeff Sessions
- Richard C. Shelby
- John Thune
- Patrick J. Toomey
- David Vitter
- Roger F. Wicker
Not voting or present (8)
- John BarrassoDid not vote
- Roy BluntDid not vote
- Saxby ChamblissDid not vote
- Joe DonnellyDid not vote
- Tom HarkinDid not vote
- Orrin G. HatchDid not vote
- Jerry MoranDid not vote
- Pat RobertsDid not vote
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