Senate Roll Call 436, 114th Congress · June 10, 2016
An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 Cloture Motion
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
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): Cloture on the defense authorization bill advances military expansion.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
- Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”
model(0.95): Cloture on military authorization bill advances 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 (68)
- Lamar Alexander
- Kelly Ayotte
- Tammy Baldwin
- John Barrasso
- Michael F. Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Roy Blunt
- John Boozman
- Richard Burr
- Shelley Moore Capito
- 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
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake
- Cory Gardner
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- 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
- Joe Manchin, III
- John McCain
- Claire McCaskill
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Christopher Murphy
- Bill Nelson
- David Perdue
- Gary C. Peters
- Rob Portman
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Mike Rounds
- Marco Rubio
- Ben Sasse
- Brian Schatz
- Tim Scott
- Jeff Sessions
- Richard C. Shelby
- Debbie Stabenow
- Dan Sullivan
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis
- Patrick J. Toomey
- Tom Udall
- David Vitter
- Roger F. Wicker
Nay (23)
- Cory A. Booker
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Ted Cruz
- Dianne Feinstein
- Al Franken
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Mazie K. Hirono
- Mike Lee
- Edward J. Markey
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Patty Murray
- Rand Paul
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- Charles E. Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
Not voting or present (9)
- Barbara BoxerDid not vote
- Christopher A. CoonsDid not vote
- Richard J. DurbinDid not vote
- Orrin G. HatchDid not vote
- Patrick J. LeahyDid not vote
- Barbara A. MikulskiDid not vote
- Bernard SandersDid not vote
- Mark R. WarnerDid not vote
- Ron WydenDid not vote
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