Senate Roll Call 277, 114th Congress · October 7, 2015
An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Question before the chamber: On the Conference Report
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 PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”
model(0.95): Approving the NDAA conference report expands military programs and authorizations.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
- Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”
model(0.95): Approving the NDAA conference report authorizes expanded federal defense spending.
Tagged by: keyword:appropriations
Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (70)
- Lamar Alexander
- Kelly Ayotte
- John Barrasso
- Michael F. Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Roy Blunt
- John Boozman
- Richard Burr
- Maria Cantwell
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Bill Cassidy
- Daniel Coats
- Thad Cochran
- Susan M. Collins
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Tom Cotton
- Mike Crapo
- Steve Daines
- Joe Donnelly
- Michael B. Enzi
- Joni Ernst
- Dianne Feinstein
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake
- Cory Gardner
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Dean Heller
- John Hoeven
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Mark Kirk
- Amy Klobuchar
- James Lankford
- Mike Lee
- John McCain
- Claire McCaskill
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Christopher Murphy
- Patty Murray
- David Perdue
- Gary C. Peters
- Rob Portman
- James E. Risch
- Mike Rounds
- Ben Sasse
- 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
- Roger F. Wicker
Nay (27)
- Tammy Baldwin
- Cory A. Booker
- Barbara Boxer
- Sherrod Brown
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Christopher A. Coons
- Ted Cruz
- Richard J. Durbin
- Al Franken
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Joe Manchin, III
- Edward J. Markey
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Bill Nelson
- Rand Paul
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- Bernard Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Charles E. Schumer
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not voting or present (3)
- Lindsey GrahamDid not vote
- Pat RobertsDid not vote
- Marco RubioDid not vote
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