U.S. Senate · 118th Congress, session 1 · Roll call 97
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
S. 326: VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2023
A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a study and clinical trials on the effects of cannabis on certain health outcomes of veterans with chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected · 57 Yea, 42 Nay
- Held
- April 26, 2023, 3:05 PM EDT
- Vote type
- Cloture
- 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 | 8 | 46 | 3 | 57 |
| Nay | 41 | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| Not voting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Members | 49 | 48 | 3 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (57)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)
- Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)
- Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- 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)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Joe Manchin, III (D-WV)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- 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)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Nay (42)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- J.D. Vance (R-OH)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Not voting (1)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)