Senate · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 116
Senate vote senate-114-2-116
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What is this vote?Voting on a Senate motion
Official question: On the Motion
Date: 6/29/2016
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Vote date: 6/29/2016
Chamber
Senate
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114 / 2
Roll number
116
Record identifier
senate-114-2-116
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What this vote does
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Result
Official result: Motion Agreed to
Required threshold (best-effort)
Simple majority (of those voting)
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Threshold check (computed)
Appears met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 98).
Vote breakdown
Yea
68 members
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Nay
your rep30 members
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Present
0 members
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Not Voting
your rep2 members
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Total recorded votes: 100
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30 members
Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · WI
Vote: Nay
Cory A. Booker
Democratic · NJ
Vote: Nay
John Boozman
Republican · AR
Vote: Nay
Barbara Boxer
Democrat · CA
Vote: Nay
Sherrod Brown
Democrat · OH
Vote: Nay
Maria Cantwell
Democratic · WA
Vote: Nay
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · WV
Vote: Nay
Tom Cotton
Republican · AR
Vote: Nay
Ted Cruz
Republican · TX
Vote: Nay
Steve Daines
Republican · MT
Vote: Nay
Joni Ernst
Republican · IA
Vote: Nay
Chuck Grassley
Republican · IA
Vote: Nay
Dean Heller
Republican · NV
Vote: Nay
Mike Lee
Republican · UT
Vote: Nay
Edward J. Markey
Democratic · MA
Vote: Nay
Robert Menendez
Democrat · NJ
Vote: Nay
Jeff Merkley
Democratic · OR
Vote: Nay
Jerry Moran
Republican · KS
Vote: Nay
Lisa Murkowski
Republican · AK
Vote: Nay
Patty Murray
Democratic · WA
Vote: Nay
David Perdue
Republican · GA
Vote: Nay
Robert Portman
Republican · OH
Vote: Nay
Bernard Sanders
Independent · VT
Vote: Nay
Benjamin Sasse
Republican · NE
Vote: Nay
Tim Scott
Republican · SC
Vote: Nay
Richard Shelby
Republican · AL
Vote: Nay
Jon Tester
Democrat · MT
Vote: Nay
Thomas Tillis
Republican · NC
Vote: Nay
Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · MA
Vote: Nay
Roger F. Wicker
Republican · MS
Vote: Nay
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Last updated: 6/29/2016Roll call: senate-114-2-116