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Senate Roll Call 459, 117th Congress · November 3, 2021

A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed

50 yea · 49 nayCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat45 yea · 1 nay
Republican1 yea · 48 nay
Independent4 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 4 ↗

John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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.

  • Voting & ElectionsA yea counts toward “Expand access”

    model(0.95): Advancing a bill to update Voting Rights Act coverage criteria expands voter protections.

    Tagged by: keyword:voting rights

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (50)

Nay (49)

Not voting or present (1)

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