U.S. Senate · 117th Congress, session 2 · Roll call 158
On the Motion (Toomey Motion to Instruct Re: H.R. 4521)
H.R. 4521: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021
To provide for a coordinated Federal research initiative to ensure continued United States leadership in engineering biology.
Motion Agreed to · 53 Yea, 43 Nay
- Held
- May 4, 2022, 9:21 PM EDT
- Vote type
- Procedural
- Party-unity vote
- Yes (most Democrats and most Republicans voted opposite ways)
- Official record
- www.senate.gov
How each party voted
Members are shown in the party they belonged to on the day of the vote, as the official record lists them. In our statistics, independents are counted with the party they caucus with.
| Vote | Republican | Democrat | Independent | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 29 | 23 | 1 | 53 |
| Nay | 18 | 24 | 1 | 43 |
| Not voting | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Members | 50 | 48 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (53)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Richard Burr (R-NC)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Joe Manchin, III (D-WV)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Ben Sasse (R-NE)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Nay (43)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)
- Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Rob Portman (R-OH)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Not voting (4)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)