U.S. Senate · 119th Congress, session 2 · Roll call 235
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026
A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to · 74 Yea, 24 Nay
- Held
- September 15, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
- Vote type
- Cloture
- Party-unity vote
- No
- 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 | 49 | 24 | 1 | 74 |
| Nay | 4 | 19 | 1 | 24 |
| Not voting | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Members | 53 | 45 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (74)
- Alan Armstrong (R-OK)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- John Fetterman (D-PA)
- Deb Fischer (R-NE)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Darline Graham (R-SC)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Jon Husted (R-OH)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- James C. Justice (R-WV)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- David McCormick (R-PA)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Bernie Moreno (R-OH)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Nay (24)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Andy Kim (D-NJ)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Ashley Moody (R-FL)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Not voting (2)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)