Senate Roll Call 491, 114th Congress · November 15, 2016
A bill to amend the Veterans' Oral History Project Act to allow the collection of video and audio recordings of biographical histories by immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces who died as a result of their service during a period of war.
Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
Gold Star Families Voices Act
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) A veterans' history project is historical and commemorative, not a military policy 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 (97)
- 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
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Dean Heller
- 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
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Christopher Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- Rand Paul
- Gary C. Peters
- Rob Portman
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Mike Rounds
- Marco Rubio
- Bernard Sanders
- Ben Sasse
- Brian Schatz
- Charles E. Schumer
- Tim Scott
- 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
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger F. Wicker
- Ron Wyden
Nay (0)
None
Not voting or present (3)
- Ted CruzDid not vote
- David PerdueDid not vote
- Jeff SessionsDid not vote
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