Senate Roll Call 198, 115th Congress · September 18, 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 the Cloture Motion
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): Cloture on NDAA advances authorization of military activities and forces.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
- Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”
model(0.90): Cloture on NDAA advances authorization of defense appropriations.
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 (90)
- 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
- Michael B. Enzi
- Joni Ernst
- Dianne Feinstein
- Deb Fischer
- Jeff Flake
- Al Franken
- Cory Gardner
- 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
- Johnny Isakson
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- John Kennedy
- Angus S. King, Jr.
- Amy Klobuchar
- James Lankford
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Joe Manchin, III
- Edward J. Markey
- John McCain
- Claire McCaskill
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Christopher Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson
- David Perdue
- Gary C. Peters
- Rob Portman
- Jack Reed
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Mike Rounds
- Ben Sasse
- Brian Schatz
- Charles E. Schumer
- Tim Scott
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard C. Shelby
- Debbie Stabenow
- Luther Strange
- 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 (3)
- Lindsey GrahamDid not vote
- Robert MenendezDid not vote
- Marco RubioDid not vote
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