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Senate · 115th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 229

Senate vote senate-115-2-229

No related bill listed for this roll call.
What is this vote?

Whether the Senate should end debate and move forward

Official question: On the Cloture Motion

Date: 10/11/2018

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Vote date: 10/11/2018
Chamber
Senate
Data source
U.S. Senate (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
115 / 2
Roll number
229
Record identifier
senate-115-2-229
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What this vote does

On the Cloture Motion No bill link is listed for this roll call in the source feed. Recorded outcome: Cloture Motion Agreed to.

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Result

Official result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
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 ≥ 59 Yea out of 97 voting (3/5 of those voting). Official cloture thresholds may differ.

Vote breakdown

Yea
your rep
50 members
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Nay
47 members
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Present
0 members
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Not Voting
3 members
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Total recorded votes: 100
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50 members
Lamar Alexander
Republican · TN
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
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
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
Lindsey Graham
Republican · SC
Vote: Yea
Chuck Grassley
Republican · IA
Vote: Yea
Orrin Hatch
Republican · UT
Vote: Yea
Dean Heller
Republican · NV
Vote: Yea
John Hoeven
Republican · ND
Vote: Yea
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Republican · MS
Vote: Yea
James Inhofe
Republican · OK
Vote: Yea
John Isakson
Republican · GA
Vote: Yea
Ron Johnson
Republican · WI
Vote: Yea
John Kennedy
Republican · LA
Vote: Yea
Jon Kyl
Republican · AZ
Vote: Yea
James Lankford
Republican · OK
Vote: Yea
Mike Lee
Republican · UT
Vote: Yea
Mitch McConnell
Republican · KY
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
Benjamin Sasse
Republican · NE
Vote: Yea
Tim Scott
Republican · SC
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
Todd Young
Republican · IN
Vote: Yea

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Last updated: 10/11/2018Roll call: senate-115-2-229