Senate Roll Call 160, 114th Congress · April 22, 2015
To direct the Attorney General to increase the amount provided under certain formula grants to States that have in place laws that terminate the parental rights of men who father children through rape.
Question before the chamber: On the Amendment
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — 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.
- Criminal JusticeA yea counts toward “Punitive”
model(0.80): Mandating parental rights termination for offenders increases legal penalties against perpetrators.
Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement
Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (99)
- Lamar Alexander
- Kelly Ayotte
- Tammy Baldwin
- John Barrasso
- Michael F. Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Roy Blunt
- Cory A. Booker
- John Boozman
- Barbara Boxer
- Sherrod Brown
- Richard Burr
- Maria Cantwell
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Bill Cassidy
- Daniel Coats
- Thad Cochran
- Susan M. Collins
- Christopher A. Coons
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Tom Cotton
- Mike Crapo
- Steve Daines
- Joe Donnelly
- Richard J. Durbin
- Michael B. Enzi
- Joni Ernst
- Dianne Feinstein
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake
- Al Franken
- Cory Gardner
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Dean Heller
- Mazie K. Hirono
- John Hoeven
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Mark Kirk
- Amy Klobuchar
- James Lankford
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Mike Lee
- Joe Manchin, III
- Edward J. Markey
- John McCain
- Claire McCaskill
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Christopher Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- Rand Paul
- David Perdue
- Gary C. Peters
- Rob Portman
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Mike Rounds
- Marco Rubio
- Bernard Sanders
- Ben Sasse
- Brian Schatz
- Charles E. Schumer
- Tim Scott
- Jeff Sessions
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard C. Shelby
- Debbie Stabenow
- Dan Sullivan
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis
- Patrick J. Toomey
- Tom Udall
- David Vitter
- Mark R. Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger F. Wicker
- Ron Wyden
Nay (0)
None
Not voting or present (1)
- Ted CruzDid not vote
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