Senate · 114th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 49
Senate vote senate-114-2-49
No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?Voting on a proposed change
Official question: On the Amendment
Date: 4/19/2016
Sources
Provenance for this roll-call record.
Vote date: 4/19/2016
Chamber
Senate
Data source
U.S. Senate (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
114 / 2
Roll number
49
Record identifier
senate-114-2-49
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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 Agreed to.
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Result
Official result: Amendment Agreed to
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 met
Computed using Yea vs Nay among those voting (Yea+Nay = 97).
Vote breakdown
Total recorded votes: 100
Nay list
31 members
John Barrasso
Republican · WY
Vote: Nay
John Boozman
Republican · AR
Vote: Nay
Daniel Coats
Republican · IN
Vote: Nay
Bob Corker
Republican · TN
Vote: Nay
Tom Cotton
Republican · AR
Vote: Nay
Mike Crapo
Republican · ID
Vote: Nay
Steve Daines
Republican · MT
Vote: Nay
Michael Enzi
Republican · WY
Vote: Nay
Joni Ernst
Republican · IA
Vote: Nay
Deb Fischer
Republican · NE
Vote: Nay
Jeff Flake
Republican · AZ
Vote: Nay
Cory Gardner
Republican · CO
Vote: Nay
Chuck Grassley
Republican · IA
Vote: Nay
James Inhofe
Republican · OK
Vote: Nay
James Lankford
Republican · OK
Vote: Nay
Mike Lee
Republican · UT
Vote: Nay
John McCain
Republican · AZ
Vote: Nay
Mitch McConnell
Republican · KY
Vote: Nay
Jerry Moran
Republican · KS
Vote: Nay
Rand Paul
Republican · KY
Vote: Nay
James E. Risch
Republican · ID
Vote: Nay
Pat Roberts
Republican · KS
Vote: Nay
Marco Rubio
Republican · FL
Vote: Nay
Benjamin Sasse
Republican · NE
Vote: Nay
Tim Scott
Republican · SC
Vote: Nay
Jefferson Sessions
Republican · AL
Vote: Nay
Richard Shelby
Republican · AL
Vote: Nay
John Thune
Republican · SD
Vote: Nay
Patrick Toomey
Republican · PA
Vote: Nay
David Vitter
Republican · LA
Vote: Nay
Roger F. Wicker
Republican · MS
Vote: Nay
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Last updated: 4/19/2016Roll call: senate-114-2-49