U.S. Senate · 117th Congress, session 2 · Roll call 357
On the Motion to Proceed
H.R. 8404: Respect for Marriage Act
To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, and for other purposes.
Motion to Proceed Agreed to · 53 Yea, 23 Nay
- Held
- November 17, 2022, 10:05 PM EST
- 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 | 6 | 45 | 2 | 53 |
| Nay | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Not voting | 21 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Members | 50 | 48 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (53)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)
- Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Joe Manchin, III (D-WV)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Nay (23)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
- Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
Not voting (24)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Richard Burr (R-NC)
- Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- James M. Inhofe (R-OK)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Rob Portman (R-OH)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Ben Sasse (R-NE)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Todd Young (R-IN)