S. 2280A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.

1 recorded action9 of these members are on the 2026 ballotWhat the measure does Read on Congress.gov

Sponsor: John Hoeven [R-ND]
Cosponsors: 55 · 44 Republicans · 11 Democrats
Policy area: Energy
Latest action: Nov 18, 2014 · Under the order of 11/12/14, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 41. Record Vote Number: 280.

IntroducedMay 1, 2014
Failed in the SenateNov 18, 2014
Passed the HouseNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

Authorizes TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities specified in an application filed by TransCanada Corporation to the Department of State on May 4, 2012.

Deems the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement regarding the pipeline issued by the Secretary of State in January 2014 to fully satisfy the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and any law that requires federal agency consultation or review, including the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Declares any applicable federal permit or authorization issued before enactment of this Act to remain in effect.

Restricts any legal challenges regarding a federal agency action and such facilities to judicial review on direct appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Declares that this Act does not alter any federal, state, or local process or condition in effect on the date of enactment of this Act that is necessary to secure access from an owner of private property to construct the pipeline and cross-border facilities.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 2280 as introduced in Senate on May 1, 2014. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedSenate roll call 280

Senate Nov 18, 2014

On Passage of the Bill

S.2280

Bill Defeated

59 Yea 41 Nay

Crossed both parties 14 of 100 voting members broke with their own party: 14 Democrats.

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All members100 members

Democratic53 members

Independent2 members

Republican45 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

SearchPartyPositionRunning in 2026Broke with partyShowing 100 of 100 members

RAlexanderTN · RepublicanYea
RAyotteNH · RepublicanYea
DTammy BaldwinWI · DemocraticNay
RJohn BarrassoWY · RepublicanYea
DBegichAK · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
DMichael F. BennetCO · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
DRichard BlumenthalCT · DemocraticNay
RBluntMO · RepublicanYea
DCory A. BookerNJ · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
RJohn BoozmanAR · RepublicanYea
DBoxerCA · DemocraticNay
DBrownOH · DemocraticNay
RBurrNC · RepublicanYea
DMaria CantwellWA · DemocraticNay
DCardinMD · DemocraticNay
DCarperDE · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
DCaseyPA · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
RChamblissGA · RepublicanYea
RCoatsIN · RepublicanYea
RCoburnOK · RepublicanYea
RCochranMS · RepublicanYea
RSusan M. CollinsME · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
DChristopher A. CoonsDE · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
RCorkerTN · RepublicanYea
RJohn CornynTX · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
RMike CrapoID · RepublicanYea
RTed CruzTX · RepublicanYea
DDonnellyIN · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
DRichard J. DurbinIL · DemocraticNay
REnziWY · RepublicanYea
DFeinsteinCA · DemocraticNay
RDeb FischerNE · RepublicanYea
RFlakeAZ · RepublicanYea
DFrankenMN · DemocraticNay
DKirsten E. GillibrandNY · DemocraticNay
RGrahamSC · RepublicanYea
RChuck GrassleyIA · RepublicanYea
DHaganNC · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
DHarkinIA · DemocraticNay
RHatchUT · RepublicanYea
DMartin HeinrichNM · DemocraticNay
DHeitkampND · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
RHellerNV · RepublicanYea
DMazie K. HironoHI · DemocraticNay
RJohn HoevenND · RepublicanYea
RInhofeOK · RepublicanYea
RIsaksonGA · RepublicanYea
RJohannsNE · RepublicanYea
DJohnsonSD · DemocraticNay
RRon JohnsonWI · RepublicanYea
DTim KaineVA · DemocraticNay
IAngus S. King, Jr.ME · IndependentNay
RKirkIL · RepublicanYea
DAmy KlobucharMN · DemocraticNay
DLandrieuLA · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
DLeahyVT · DemocraticNay
RMike LeeUT · RepublicanYea
DLevinMI · DemocraticNay
DManchinWV · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
DEdward J. MarkeyMA · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
RMcCainAZ · RepublicanYea
DMcCaskillMO · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
RMitch McConnellKY · RepublicanYea
DMenendezNJ · DemocraticNay
DJeff MerkleyOR · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
DMikulskiMD · DemocraticNay
RJerry MoranKS · RepublicanYea
RLisa MurkowskiAK · RepublicanYea
DChristopher MurphyCT · DemocraticNay
DPatty MurrayWA · DemocraticNay
DNelsonFL · DemocraticNay
RRand PaulKY · RepublicanYea
RPortmanOH · RepublicanYea
DPryorAR · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
DJack ReedRI · DemocraticRunning in 2026Nay
DReidNV · DemocraticNay
RJames E. RischID · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
RRobertsKS · RepublicanYea
DRockefellerWV · DemocraticNay
RRubioFL · RepublicanYea
IBernard SandersVT · IndependentNay
DBrian SchatzHI · DemocraticNay
DCharles E. SchumerNY · DemocraticNay
RTim ScottSC · RepublicanYea
RSessionsAL · RepublicanYea
DJeanne ShaheenNH · DemocraticNay
RShelbyAL · RepublicanYea
DStabenowMI · DemocraticNay
DTesterMT · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
RJohn ThuneSD · RepublicanYea
RToomeyPA · RepublicanYea
DUdallCO · DemocraticNay
DUdallNM · DemocraticNay
RVitterLA · RepublicanYea
DWalshMT · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Yea
DMark R. WarnerVA · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Running in 2026Yea
DElizabeth WarrenMA · DemocraticNay
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.

Cosponsors55 · 44 Republicans · 11 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S. 2280 and vote against it. 55 signed when it was filed.

Who lobbied on S. 228030 organizations

Organizations that named S. 2280 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTEfiled by AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE, OGRIts PAC: American Petroleum Institute PAC

Fuel/Gas/Oil · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries +7 more6 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2014Filing

EXXON MOBIL CORPIts PAC: Exxon Mobil Corp. PAC

Natural Resources · Education · Environment/Superfund · Chemicals/Chemical Industry +13 more3 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2014Filing

EXXON MOBIL CORPORATIONfiled by AVENUE SOLUTIONSIts PAC: Exxon Mobil Corp. PAC

Fuel/Gas/Oil · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · Education3 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2014Filing

LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAIts PAC: Laborers' International Union of North America PAC

Transportation · Fuel/Gas/Oil · Defense · Health Issues +4 more3 filings · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2014Filing

AMERICAN RIVERS

Agriculture · Budget/Appropriations · Insurance · Energy/Nuclear +2 more2 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2014Filing

COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTEIts PAC: Council for Citizens Against Government Waste PAC

Energy/Nuclear · Pharmacy · Telecommunications · Medicare/Medicaid +6 more2 filings · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2014Filing

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERSIts PAC: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC

Government Issues · Energy/Nuclear · Education · Trade (domestic/foreign) +9 more2 filings · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2014Filing

AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties · Retirement · Foreign Relations · Energy/Nuclear +2 more1 filing · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2014Filing

ASSOCIATION OF OIL PIPE LINESfiled by STUNTZ DAVIS & STAFFIER, P.C.

Fuel/Gas/Oil1 filing · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2014Filing

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPT AFL-CIOfiled by BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPT., AFL-CIO

Energy/Nuclear · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace · Budget/Appropriations · Retirement1 filing · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2014Filing

44 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.