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S.J.Res. 25A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, as submitted under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, on August 2, 2011.
- Sponsor
- Mitch McConnell [R-KY]
- Cosponsors
- 25 · 25 Republicans
- Policy area
- Economics and Public Finance
- Latest action
- Sep 8, 2011 · Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 52. Record Vote Number: 130.
- IntroducedSep 6, 2011
- Passed the SenateNot yet reached
- Passed the HouseNot yet reached
- Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
- Became lawNot yet reached
Disapproves of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S.J.Res. 25 as introduced in Senate on Sep 6, 2011. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Senate Sep 8, 2011
On the Motion to Proceed
Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S.J.Res. 25
Motion to Proceed Rejected
45 Yea 52 Nay 3 not voting
Party-line vote 3 of 97 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Democrat, 2 Republicans.
How the chamber split
DemocratsIndependentsOtherRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
Showing 100 of 100 members
- DAkakaHI · DemocraticNay
- RAlexanderTN · RepublicanYea
- RAyotteNH · RepublicanYea
- RJohn BarrassoWY · RepublicanYea
- DBaucusMT · DemocraticNay
- DBegichAK · DemocraticNay
- DMichael F. BennetCO · DemocraticNay
- DBingamanNM · DemocraticNay
- DRichard BlumenthalCT · DemocraticNay
- RBluntMO · RepublicanYea
- RJohn BoozmanAR · RepublicanYea
- DBoxerCA · DemocraticNay
- RBrownMA · RepublicanBroke with party (Republican majority)Nay
- DBrownOH · DemocraticNay
- RBurrNC · RepublicanYea
- DMaria CantwellWA · DemocraticNay
- DCardinMD · DemocraticNay
- DCarperDE · DemocraticNay
- DCaseyPA · DemocraticNay
- RChamblissGA · RepublicanYea
- RCoatsIN · RepublicanYea
- RCoburnOK · RepublicanYea
- RCochranMS · RepublicanYea
- RSusan M. CollinsME · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- DConradND · DemocraticNay
- DChristopher A. CoonsDE · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- RCorkerTN · RepublicanBroke with party (Republican majority)Nay
- RJohn CornynTX · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RMike CrapoID · RepublicanYea
- RDeMintSC · RepublicanYea
- DRichard J. DurbinIL · DemocraticNay
- REnziWY · RepublicanYea
- DFeinsteinCA · DemocraticNay
- DFrankenMN · DemocraticNay
- DKirsten E. GillibrandNY · DemocraticNay
- RGrahamSC · RepublicanYea
- RChuck GrassleyIA · RepublicanYea
- DHaganNC · DemocraticNay
- DHarkinIA · DemocraticNay
- RHatchUT · RepublicanYea
- RHellerNV · RepublicanYea
- RJohn HoevenND · RepublicanYea
- RHutchisonTX · RepublicanYea
- RInhofeOK · RepublicanYea
- DInouyeHI · DemocraticNay
- RIsaksonGA · RepublicanYea
- RJohannsNE · RepublicanYea
- DJohnsonSD · DemocraticNay
- RRon JohnsonWI · RepublicanYea
- DKerryMA · DemocraticNay
- RKirkIL · RepublicanYea
- DAmy KlobucharMN · DemocraticNay
- DKohlWI · DemocraticNay
- RKylAZ · RepublicanYea
- DLandrieuLA · DemocraticNay
- DLautenbergNJ · DemocraticNay
- DLeahyVT · DemocraticNay
- RMike LeeUT · RepublicanYea
- DLevinMI · DemocraticNay
- OLiebermanCT · Other partyNay
- RLugarIN · RepublicanYea
- DManchinWV · DemocraticNay
- RMcCainAZ · RepublicanYea
- DMcCaskillMO · DemocraticNay
- RMitch McConnellKY · RepublicanYea
- DMenendezNJ · DemocraticNay
- DJeff MerkleyOR · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- DMikulskiMD · DemocraticNay
- RJerry MoranKS · RepublicanYea
- RLisa MurkowskiAK · RepublicanYea
- DPatty MurrayWA · DemocraticNay
- DNelsonFL · DemocraticNay
- DNelsonNE · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
- RRand PaulKY · RepublicanYea
- RPortmanOH · RepublicanYea
- DPryorAR · DemocraticNay
- DJack ReedRI · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- DReidNV · DemocraticNay
- RJames E. RischID · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RRobertsKS · RepublicanYea
- DRockefellerWV · DemocraticNot voting
- RRubioFL · RepublicanNot voting
- IBernard SandersVT · IndependentNay
- DCharles E. SchumerNY · DemocraticNay
- RSessionsAL · RepublicanYea
- DJeanne ShaheenNH · DemocraticNay
- RShelbyAL · RepublicanYea
- RSnoweME · RepublicanYea
- DStabenowMI · DemocraticNay
- DTesterMT · DemocraticNay
- RJohn ThuneSD · RepublicanYea
- RToomeyPA · RepublicanYea
- DUdallCO · DemocraticNay
- DUdallNM · DemocraticNay
- RVitterLA · RepublicanYea
- DMark R. WarnerVA · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
- DWebbVA · DemocraticNot voting
- DSheldon WhitehouseRI · DemocraticNay
- RRoger F. WickerMS · RepublicanYea
- DRon WydenOR · DemocraticNay
100 members on this roll call, from the official Senate record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S.J.Res. 25 and vote against it. 23 signed when it was filed.