Senate Roll Call 344, 114th Congress · January 21, 2016
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of "waters of the United States" under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of "waters of the United States" under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Policy area: Environmental Protection — 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.
- Climate & EnergyA yea counts toward “Fossil fuel priority”
model(0.90): Disapproving the WOTUS rule rolls back water pollution regulations, favoring fossil/industrial activities.
Tagged by: policy-area:Environmental Protection
Axis: Climate action ← → Fossil fuel priority
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (52)
- Kelly Ayotte
- John Barrasso
- Roy Blunt
- John Boozman
- Richard Burr
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Bill Cassidy
- Daniel Coats
- Thad Cochran
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Tom Cotton
- Mike Crapo
- Steve Daines
- Joe Donnelly
- Michael B. Enzi
- Joni Ernst
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake
- Cory Gardner
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Dean Heller
- John Hoeven
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Ron Johnson
- Mark Kirk
- James Lankford
- Mike Lee
- Joe Manchin, III
- John McCain
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- David Perdue
- Rob Portman
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Mike Rounds
- Ben Sasse
- Jeff Sessions
- Richard C. Shelby
- Dan Sullivan
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis
- Patrick J. Toomey
- David Vitter
- Roger F. Wicker
Nay (40)
- Tammy Baldwin
- Michael F. Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cory A. Booker
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Susan M. Collins
- Richard J. Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein
- Al Franken
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Tim Kaine
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Amy Klobuchar
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Edward J. Markey
- Claire McCaskill
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Christopher Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- Gary C. Peters
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- Brian Schatz
- Charles E. Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Debbie Stabenow
- Jon Tester
- Tom Udall
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not voting or present (8)
- Lamar AlexanderDid not vote
- Barbara BoxerDid not vote
- Christopher A. CoonsDid not vote
- Ted CruzDid not vote
- Marco RubioDid not vote
- Bernard SandersDid not vote
- Tim ScottDid not vote
- Mark R. WarnerDid not vote
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