Senate Roll Call 301, 114th Congress · November 10, 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 Motion
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(0.90): Authorizing defense activities and military personnel strengths expands military scope.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
- Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”
model(0.90): Authorizing defense appropriations expands federal spending commitments.
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 (91)
- 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
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp
- 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
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Christopher Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- David Perdue
- Gary C. Peters
- Rob Portman
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Mike Rounds
- 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
- Mark R. Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger F. Wicker
Not voting or present (6)
- Ted CruzDid not vote
- Lindsey GrahamDid not vote
- Dean HellerDid not vote
- Rand PaulDid not vote
- Marco RubioDid not vote
- David VitterDid not vote
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