U.S. Senate · 119th Congress, session 2 · Roll call 240
On the Cloture Motion
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 Motion Agreed to · 70 Yea, 21 Nay
- Held
- September 22, 2026, 6:37 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 | 47 | 22 | 1 | 70 |
| Nay | 3 | 17 | 1 | 21 |
| Not voting | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Members | 53 | 45 | 2 | 100 |
How each member voted
Yea (70)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- 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)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
Nay (21)
- 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)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Ashley Moody (R-FL)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)
- Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Not voting (9)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Andy Kim (D-NJ)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)