Senate · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 124
Senate vote senate-114-2-124
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Whether the Senate should begin debate
Official question: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Date: 7/7/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 7/7/2016
Chamber
Senate
Data source
U.S. Senate (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
124
Record identifier
senate-114-2-124
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What this vote does
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected.
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Result
Official result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Required threshold (best-effort)
Three-fifths (typically of the full chamber)
Note: The Senate often requires 3/5 of all Senators duly chosen and sworn for cloture. The official record may apply special rules.
Threshold check (computed)
Appears not met
Approximate: computed as ≥ 57 Yea out of 94 voting (3/5 of those voting). Official cloture thresholds may differ.
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 100
Yea list
50 members
Lamar Alexander
Republican · TN
Vote: Yea
Kelly Ayotte
Republican · NH
Vote: Yea
John Barrasso
Republican · WY
Vote: Yea
Roy Blunt
Republican · MO
Vote: Yea
John Boozman
Republican · AR
Vote: Yea
Richard Burr
Republican · NC
Vote: Yea
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · WV
Vote: Yea
Bill Cassidy
Republican · LA
Vote: Yea
Thad Cochran
Republican · MS
Vote: Yea
Susan M. Collins
Republican · ME
Vote: Yea
Bob Corker
Republican · TN
Vote: Yea
John Cornyn
Republican · TX
Vote: Yea
Tom Cotton
Republican · AR
Vote: Yea
Mike Crapo
Republican · ID
Vote: Yea
Ted Cruz
Republican · TX
Vote: Yea
Steve Daines
Republican · MT
Vote: Yea
Joe Donnelly
Democrat · IN
Vote: Yea
Michael Enzi
Republican · WY
Vote: Yea
Joni Ernst
Republican · IA
Vote: Yea
Deb Fischer
Republican · NE
Vote: Yea
Jeff Flake
Republican · AZ
Vote: Yea
Cory Gardner
Republican · CO
Vote: Yea
Chuck Grassley
Republican · IA
Vote: Yea
Orrin Hatch
Republican · UT
Vote: Yea
John Hoeven
Republican · ND
Vote: Yea
James Inhofe
Republican · OK
Vote: Yea
John Isakson
Republican · GA
Vote: Yea
Ron Johnson
Republican · WI
Vote: Yea
Mark Kirk
Republican · IL
Vote: Yea
James Lankford
Republican · OK
Vote: Yea
Joe Manchin
Democrat · WV
Vote: Yea
John McCain
Republican · AZ
Vote: Yea
Jerry Moran
Republican · KS
Vote: Yea
Lisa Murkowski
Republican · AK
Vote: Yea
Rand Paul
Republican · KY
Vote: Yea
David Perdue
Republican · GA
Vote: Yea
Robert Portman
Republican · OH
Vote: Yea
James E. Risch
Republican · ID
Vote: Yea
Pat Roberts
Republican · KS
Vote: Yea
Mike Rounds
Republican · SD
Vote: Yea
Marco Rubio
Republican · FL
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
Dan Sullivan
Republican · AK
Vote: Yea
John Thune
Republican · SD
Vote: Yea
Thomas Tillis
Republican · NC
Vote: Yea
Patrick Toomey
Republican · PA
Vote: Yea
Roger F. Wicker
Republican · MS
Vote: Yea
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Last updated: 7/7/2016Roll call: senate-114-2-124