Senate Roll Call 193, 115th Congress · September 11, 2017
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
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): Advancing the defense authorization bill supports military programs and authority.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
- Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”
model(0.90): Advancing defense authorization bill expands military budget allocations.
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 (89)
- Lamar Alexander
- Tammy Baldwin
- John Barrasso
- Michael F. Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Roy Blunt
- Cory A. Booker
- John Boozman
- Sherrod Brown
- Richard Burr
- Maria Cantwell
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Bill Cassidy
- Thad Cochran
- Susan M. Collins
- Christopher A. Coons
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Tom Cotton
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Steve Daines
- Joe Donnelly
- Tammy Duckworth
- Richard J. Durbin
- Michael B. Enzi
- Joni Ernst
- Dianne Feinstein
- Deb Fischer
- Al Franken
- Cory Gardner
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Chuck Grassley
- Kamala D. Harris
- Margaret Wood Hassan
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Martin Heinrich
- Heidi Heitkamp
- Dean Heller
- Mazie K. Hirono
- John Hoeven
- James M. Inhofe
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- John Kennedy
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Amy Klobuchar
- James Lankford
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Mike Lee
- Joe Manchin, III
- Edward J. Markey
- John McCain
- Claire McCaskill
- Mitch McConnell
- Jeff Merkley
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Christopher Murphy
- Patty Murray
- David Perdue
- Gary C. Peters
- Rob Portman
- Jack Reed
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Mike Rounds
- Ben Sasse
- Brian Schatz
- Charles E. Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard C. Shelby
- Debbie Stabenow
- Dan Sullivan
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Thom Tillis
- Patrick J. Toomey
- Tom Udall
- Chris Van Hollen
- Mark R. Warner
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger F. Wicker
- Todd Young
Not voting or present (8)
- Jeff FlakeDid not vote
- Lindsey GrahamDid not vote
- Johnny IsaksonDid not vote
- Robert MenendezDid not vote
- Bill NelsonDid not vote
- Marco RubioDid not vote
- Tim ScottDid not vote
- Luther StrangeDid not vote
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