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Senate · 116th Congress · Session 2 · Roll 277

Senate vote senate-116-2-277

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: 12/19/2020

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Vote date: 12/19/2020
Chamber
Senate
Data source
U.S. Senate (roll call votes)
Congress / Session
116 / 2
Roll number
277
Record identifier
senate-116-2-277
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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 Rejected.

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Result

Official result: Cloture Motion 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 ≥ 53 Yea out of 87 voting (3/5 of those voting). Official cloture thresholds may differ.

Vote breakdown

Yea
your rep
39 members
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Nay
48 members
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Present
0 members
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Not Voting
your rep
13 members
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Total recorded votes: 100
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48 members
Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · WI
Vote: Nay
Michael F. Bennet
Democratic · CO
Vote: Nay
Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · CT
Vote: Nay
Cory A. Booker
Democratic · NJ
Vote: Nay
Sherrod Brown
Democrat · OH
Vote: Nay
Maria Cantwell
Democratic · WA
Vote: Nay
Benjamin Cardin
Democrat · MD
Vote: Nay
Thomas Carper
Democrat · DE
Vote: Nay
Robert Casey
Democrat · PA
Vote: Nay
Christopher A. Coons
Democratic · DE
Vote: Nay
Catherine Cortez Masto
Democratic · NV
Vote: Nay
Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · IL
Vote: Nay
Richard J. Durbin
Democratic · IL
Vote: Nay
Dianne Feinstein
Democrat · CA
Vote: Nay
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
Democratic · NY
Vote: Nay
Margaret Wood Hassan
Democratic · NH
Vote: Nay
Martin Heinrich
Democratic · NM
Vote: Nay
Mazie K. Hirono
Democratic · HI
Vote: Nay
Doug Jones
Democrat · AL
Vote: Nay
Tim Kaine
Democratic · VA
Vote: Nay
Mark Kelly
Democratic · AZ
Vote: Nay
Angus S., Jr. King
Independent · ME
Vote: Nay
Amy Klobuchar
Democratic · MN
Vote: Nay
Patrick Leahy
Democrat · VT
Vote: Nay
Joe Manchin
Independent · WV
Vote: Nay
Edward J. Markey
Democratic · MA
Vote: Nay
Mitch McConnell
Republican · KY
Vote: Nay
Robert Menendez
Democrat · NJ
Vote: Nay
Jeff Merkley
Democratic · OR
Vote: Nay
Christopher Murphy
Democratic · CT
Vote: Nay
Patty Murray
Democratic · WA
Vote: Nay
Gary C. Peters
Democratic · MI
Vote: Nay
Jack Reed
Democratic · RI
Vote: Nay
Jacky Rosen
Democratic · NV
Vote: Nay
Bernard Sanders
Independent · VT
Vote: Nay
Brian Schatz
Democratic · HI
Vote: Nay
Charles E. Schumer
Democratic · NY
Vote: Nay
Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · NH
Vote: Nay
Kyrsten Sinema
Independent · AZ
Vote: Nay
Tina Smith
Democratic · MN
Vote: Nay
Debbie Stabenow
Democrat · MI
Vote: Nay
Jon Tester
Democrat · MT
Vote: Nay
Tom Udall
Democrat · NM
Vote: Nay
Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · MD
Vote: Nay
Mark R. Warner
Democratic · VA
Vote: Nay
Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · MA
Vote: Nay
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · RI
Vote: Nay
Ron Wyden
Democratic · OR
Vote: Nay

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Last updated: 12/19/2020Roll call: senate-116-2-277