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S. 967 – Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013 – Voting Record of U.S. Senate
NOTE: INVOKING CLOTURE REQUIRES A 3/5 MAJORITY OF THE SENATE. IT IS NOT A VOTE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION, BUT LIMITS FURTHER DEBATE TO 30 HOURS. CLOTURE IS TYPICALLY USED TO END A FILIBUSTER. A FAILED CLOTURE VOTE OFTEN PREVENTS THE LEGISLATION FROM EVER COMING TO A VOTE.
NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION NEEDED A THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY VOTE TO PASS.
Date: March 6, 2014
Issues: Crime, Military Personnel, Women
Bill: Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013
Roll Number: 59
Yea: 55
Nay: 45
Cloture Not Invoked (Senate)
Gillibrand brings victims’ voices to Senate floor in fight for military justice -U.S.Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (March 6, 2014)
Before Senate Vote, Hirono Urges Colleagues To Pass Military Justice Improvement Act -Mazie Hirono (March 6, 2014)
Sen. Paul joined Senate colleagues to urge passage of the Military Justice Improvement Act. This piece of bipartisan legislation will combat sexual assault and other violent crimes in the military by restructuring the way in which they are reported and prosecuted. -Senator Rand Paul (March 6, 2014)
Floor Statement on the Military Justice Improvement Act -Senator Chuck Grassley (March 6, 2014)
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) went to the Senate floor to reiterate her support for the Military Justice Improvement Act of which she is an original co-sponsor and call for its immediate passage. -Senator Jeanne Shaheen (March 6, 2014)
U.S. Senator Susan Collins spoke on the Senate floor today in strong support of legislation coming before the Senate that would address the crisis of sexual assault in the military. -Senator Susan Collins (March 6, 2014)
(Washington, D.C.) — Yesterday on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) spoke in support of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-NY) bipartisan Military Justice Improvement Act (S. 1752). -[Former] Senator Dean Heller (March 6, 2014)
The Senate came within five votes of passing a major change to the military’s command structure. An amendment by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., would have stripped commanders of authority over sexual assault cases and put everything in the hands of seasoned military trial lawyers. -CBS Evening News (March 6, 2014)
Senator Ted Cruz speaks out in support of a military sexual assault bill that was blocked in the Senate. -CNN (March 6, 2014)
PBS NewsHour: Hirono Fights For Military Justice Improvement Act -Mazie Hirono (March 7, 2014)
Senator Brian Schatz’s remarks on failure of Military Justice Improvement Act passage -Hawaii247.com (March 7, 2014)
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| State | District | Name | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | Jr | Sen. Mark Begich | Democratic | Yea |
| NH | Sr | Sen. Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | Yea |
| MD | Sr | Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski | Democratic | Yea |
| MN | Jr | Sen. Al Franken | Democratic | Yea |
| VT | Jr | Sen. Bernard ‘Bernie’ Sanders | Independent | Yea |
| MN | Sr | Sen. Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | Yea |
| TX | Jr | Sen. Rafael Edward ‘Ted’ Cruz | Republican | Yea |
| NM | Jr | Sen. Martin T. Heinrich | Democratic | Yea |
| MA | Sr | Sen. Elizabeth A. Warren | Democratic | Yea |
| HI | Sr | Sen. Brian Emmaneul Schatz | Democratic | Yea |
| NY | Jr | Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Democratic | Yea |
| CA | Sr | Sen. Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | Yea |
| PA | Sr | Sen. Robert P. ‘Bob’ Casey Jr. | Democratic | Yea |
| IN | Sr | Sen. Joe Donnelly Sr. | Democratic | Yea |
| CT | Jr | Sen. Christopher S. ‘Chris’ Murphy | Democratic | Yea |
| HI | Jr | Sen. Mazie K. Hirono | Democratic | Yea |
| NV | Sr | Sen. Dean Heller | Republican | Yea |
| KY | Sr | Sen. Mitch McConnell | Republican | Yea |
| CA | Jr | Sen. Barbara Boxer | Democratic | Yea |
| VT | Sr | Sen. Patrick J. Leahy | Democratic | Yea |
| DE | Jr | Sen. Christopher A. ‘Chris’ Coons | Democratic | Yea |
| CO | Sr | Sen. Michael Farrand Bennet | Democratic | Yea |
| LA | Sr | Sen. David B. Vitter | Republican | Yea |
| WA | Sr | Sen. Patty Murray | Democratic | Yea |
| IA | Sr | Sen. Charles E. ‘Chuck’ Grassley | Republican | Yea |
| ND | Jr | Sen. Heidi Heitkamp | Democratic | Yea |
| WV | Sr | Sen. John D. ‘Jay’ Rockefeller IV | Democratic | Yea |
| NJ | Sr | Sen. Robert ‘Bob’ Menendez | Democratic | Yea |
| OR | Jr | Sen. Jeffery A. ‘Jeff’ Merkley | Democratic | Yea |
| LA | Sr | Sen. Mary L. Landrieu | Democratic | Yea |
| CO | Sr | Sen. Mark E. Udall | Democratic | Yea |
| AR | Sr | Sen. Mark Lunsford Pryor | Democratic | Yea |
| ME | Sr | Sen. Susan M. Collins | Republican | Yea |
| IL | Sr | Sen. Richard J. ‘Dick’ Durbin | Democratic | Yea |
| WY | Sr | Sen. Michael B. ‘Mike’ Enzi | Republican | Yea |
| WA | Jr | Sen. Maria Cantwell | Democratic | Yea |
| MI | Sr | Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow | Democratic | Yea |
| NY | Sr | Sen. Charles E. ‘Chuck’ Schumer | Democratic | Yea |
| OR | Sr | Sen. Ron Wyden | Democratic | Yea |
| IA | Jr | Sen. Thomas ‘Tom’ Harkin | Democratic | Yea |
| OH | Sr | Sen. Sherrod C. Brown | Democratic | Yea |
| NJ | Jr | Sen. Cory A. Booker | Democratic | Yea |
| NE | Sr | Sen. Mike O. Johanns | Republican | Yea |
| NM | Sr | Sen. Thomas S. ‘Tom’ Udall | Democratic | Yea |
| KS | Jr | Sen. Jerry W. Moran | Republican | Yea |
| NV | Sr | Sen. Harry M. Reid | Democratic | Yea |
| MD | Sr | Sen. Benjamin L. ‘Ben’ Cardin | Democratic | Yea |
| KY | Jr | Sen. Rand Paul | Republican | Yea |
| SD | Sr | Sen. Timothy Peter ‘Tim’ Johnson | Democratic | Yea |
| MA | Jr | Sen. Edward J. ‘Ed’ Markey | Democratic | Yea |
| MT | Jr | Sen. John E. Walsh | Democratic | Yea |
| NC | Jr | Sen. Janet R. ‘Kay’ Hagan | Democratic | Yea |
| AK | Sr | Sen. Lisa A. Murkowski | Republican | Yea |
| CT | Sr | Sen. Richard ‘Dick’ Blumenthal | Democratic | Yea |
| WI | Jr | Sen. Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | Yea |
| MT | Sr | Sen. Jon Tester | Democratic | Nay |
| IL | Jr | Sen. Mark Steven Kirk | Republican | Nay |
| ID | Jr | Sen. James E. ‘Jim’ Risch | Republican | Nay |
| FL | Sr | Sen. Marco Rubio | Republican | Nay |
| ND | Sr | Sen. John H. Hoeven | Republican | Nay |
| RI | Jr | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | Nay |
| WI | Sr | Sen. Ron Johnson | Republican | Nay |
| VA | Sr | Sen. Mark R. Warner | Democratic | Nay |
| SC | Jr | Sen. Timothy E. ‘Tim’ Scott | Republican | Nay |
| VA | Jr | Sen. Timothy M. ‘Tim’ Kaine | Democratic | Nay |
| TN | Jr | Sen. Robert ‘Bob’ Corker | Republican | Nay |
| DE | Sr | Sen. Thomas Richard ‘Tom’ Carper | Democratic | Nay |
| NE | Sr | Sen. Deb Fischer | Republican | Nay |
| AZ | Sr | Sen. Jeff Flake | Republican | Nay |
| NH | Jr | Sen. Kelly A. Ayotte | Republican | Nay |
| MS | Sr | Sen. Roger F. Wicker | Republican | Nay |
| ID | Sr | Sen. Michael D. ‘Mike’ Crapo | Republican | Nay |
| UT | Sr | Sen. Orrin G. Hatch | Republican | Nay |
| GA | Sr | Sen. Clarence Saxby Chambliss | Republican | Nay |
| FL | Sr | Sen. William Clarence ‘Bill’ Nelson Sr. | Democratic | Nay |
| AL | Sr | Sen. Richard C. Shelby | Republican | Nay |
| MO | Sr | Sen. Claire McCaskill | Democratic | Nay |
| ME | Jr | Sen. Angus S. King Jr. | Independent | Nay |
| RI | Sr | Sen. John Francis ‘Jack’ Reed | Democratic | Nay |
| MO | Sr | Sen. Roy Blunt | Republican | Nay |
| TN | Sr | Sen. Lamar Alexander | Republican | Nay |
| SD | Sr | Sen. John R. Thune | Republican | Nay |
| IN | Sr | Sen. Daniel R. ‘Dan’ Coats | Republican | Nay |
| UT | Sr | Sen. Michael ‘Mike’ Lee | Republican | Nay |
| PA | Jr | Sen. Patrick J. ‘Pat’ Toomey | Republican | Nay |
| OH | Jr | Sen. Robert J. ‘Rob’ Portman | Republican | Nay |
| MS | Sr | Sen. Thad Cochran | Republican | Nay |
| TX | Sr | Sen. John Cornyn | Republican | Nay |
| NC | Sr | Sen. Richard M. Burr | Republican | Nay |
| SC | Sr | Sen. Lindsey O. Graham | Republican | Nay |
| AZ | Sr | Sen. John Sidney McCain III | Republican | Nay |
| OK | Sr | Sen. James M. ‘Jim’ Inhofe | Republican | Nay |
| MI | Sr | Sen. Carl Levin | Democratic | Nay |
| NA | None Jefferson Beauregard ‘Jeff’ Sessions III | Republican | Nay | |
| KS | Sr | Sen. Charles Patrick ‘Pat’ Roberts | Republican | Nay |
| WY | Jr | Sen. John Barrasso | Republican | Nay |
| WV | Sr | Sen. Joseph ‘Joe’ Manchin III | Democratic | Nay |
| GA | Sr | Sen. John H. ‘Johnny’ Isakson | Republican | Nay |
| OK | Jr | Sen. Thomas Allen ‘Tom’ Coburn | Republican | Nay |
| AR | Sr | Sen. John N. Boozman | Republican | Nay |
Related Links:
S. 967 – Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013
S. 967 – Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013 – Voting Record of U.S. Senate
S. 967 – Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013 – National Key Vote
Comprehensive Resource Center for the Military Justice Improvement Act
Gillibrand brings victims’ voices to Senate floor in fight for military justice
Before Senate Vote, Hirono Urges Colleagues To Pass Military Justice Improvement Act
Sen. Paul Speaks in Support of Military Justice Improvement Act
Floor Statement on the Military Justice Improvement Act
On Senate Floor Senator Shaheen Calls for Passage of Military Justice Improvement Act
Sen. Collins speaks in support of efforts to address military sexual assault
Heller Speaks About Military Sexual Assault Legislation
Senate blocks change to military sexual assault cases
Sen. Cruz: They didn’t sign up to be sexually assaulted
PBS NewsHour: Hirono Fights For Military Justice Improvement Act
Senator Brian Schatz’s remarks on failure of Military Justice Improvement Act passage
The war in Congress over rape in the military, explained
Senate Armed Services Committee Members & House Armed Services Committee Members (June 21, 2019)
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