Senate Roll Call 203, 114th Congress · June 4, 2015
To revise the definition of spouse for purposes of veterans benefits in recognition of new State definitions of spouse.
Question before the chamber: On the Amendment
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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.
- Defense & War PowersDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Revising spouse definitions for veterans benefits does not align with military expansion or restraint.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (53)
- Kelly Ayotte
- Tammy Baldwin
- Michael F. Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cory A. Booker
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Susan M. Collins
- Christopher A. Coons
- Joe Donnelly
- Richard J. Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein
- Jeff Flake
- Al Franken
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Mark Kirk
- Amy Klobuchar
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Joe Manchin, III
- Edward J. Markey
- Claire McCaskill
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Lisa Murkowski
- Christopher Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- Gary C. Peters
- Rob Portman
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- Bernard Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Charles E. Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Debbie Stabenow
- Jon Tester
- Tom Udall
- Mark R. Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay (42)
- Lamar Alexander
- John Barrasso
- Roy Blunt
- John Boozman
- Richard Burr
- Bill Cassidy
- Daniel Coats
- Thad Cochran
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Tom Cotton
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Steve Daines
- Michael B. Enzi
- Joni Ernst
- Deb Fischer
- Cory Gardner
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin G. Hatch
- John Hoeven
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- James Lankford
- Mike Lee
- John McCain
- Mitch McConnell
- Rand Paul
- David Perdue
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Mike Rounds
- Ben Sasse
- Tim Scott
- Jeff Sessions
- Richard C. Shelby
- Dan Sullivan
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis
- Patrick J. Toomey
- David Vitter
- Roger F. Wicker
Not voting or present (5)
- Barbara BoxerDid not vote
- Lindsey GrahamDid not vote
- Dean HellerDid not vote
- Jerry MoranDid not vote
- Marco RubioDid not vote
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