Senate · 114th Congress · Session 1 · Roll 290
Senate vote senate-114-1-290
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Voting on a proposed change
Official question: On the Amendment
Date: 10/27/2015
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 10/27/2015
Chamber
Senate
Data source
U.S. Senate (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 1
Roll number
290
Record identifier
senate-114-1-290
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What this vote does
On the Amendment No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Amendment Rejected.
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Result
Official result: Amendment Rejected
Required threshold (best-effort)
Simple majority (of those voting)
Note: This is a best-effort interpretation based on the vote question text.
Threshold check (computed)
Appears not met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 95).
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 100
Yea list
22 members
John Boozman
Republican · AR
Vote: Yea
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · WV
Vote: Yea
John Cornyn
Republican · TX
Vote: Yea
Tom Cotton
Republican · AR
Vote: Yea
Deb Fischer
Republican · NE
Vote: Yea
Chuck Grassley
Republican · IA
Vote: Yea
James Inhofe
Republican · OK
Vote: Yea
John Isakson
Republican · GA
Vote: Yea
Mark Kirk
Republican · IL
Vote: Yea
James Lankford
Republican · OK
Vote: Yea
John McCain
Republican · AZ
Vote: Yea
Mitch McConnell
Republican · KY
Vote: Yea
David Perdue
Republican · GA
Vote: Yea
Robert Portman
Republican · OH
Vote: Yea
Mike Rounds
Republican · SD
Vote: Yea
Benjamin Sasse
Republican · NE
Vote: Yea
Tim Scott
Republican · SC
Vote: Yea
Jefferson Sessions
Republican · AL
Vote: Yea
Richard Shelby
Republican · AL
Vote: Yea
John Thune
Republican · SD
Vote: Yea
Patrick Toomey
Republican · PA
Vote: Yea
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · RI
Vote: Yea
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Last updated: 10/27/2015Roll call: senate-114-1-290