Roll call · S. 3369 · 2012
DISCLOSE Act, second try
Second attempt to unmask Super PAC and corporate donors. A no vote blocked the disclosure rule.
What happened
This was a procedural vote. Senators had to reach 60 of 100 to beat a filibuster and let it move forward. Only 51 agreed, 9 short, so it was blocked and went no further.
The tally
51 Yea · 44 Nay · 5 didn't vote. Officially recorded as “Cloture rejected 51-44.”
Did the no-shows matter?
Dean Heller (R-NV), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Roger Wicker (R-MS) sat it out. It wouldn't have changed anything. Even if all 5 no-shows had voted Yea, 56 is still short of 60.
Party split
Yea: 49 Democrats, 1 Independent. Nay: 1 Democrat, 43 Republicans.
Crossed party lines
1 Democrat crossed over: Harry Reid (D-NV)
Voted Yea 51
- Daniel AkakaD-HI
- Max BaucusD-MT
- Mark BegichD-AK
- Michael BennetD-CO
- Jeff BingamanD-NM
- Richard BlumenthalD-CT
- Barbara BoxerD-CA
- Sherrod BrownD-OH
- Maria CantwellD-WA
- Benjamin CardinD-MD
- Thomas CarperD-DE
- Bob CaseyD-PA
- Kent ConradD-ND
- Christopher CoonsD-DE
- Richard DurbinD-IL
- Dianne FeinsteinD-CA
- Al FrankenD-MN
- Kirsten GillibrandD-NY
- Kay HaganD-NC
- Tom HarkinD-IA
- Daniel InouyeD-HI
- Tim JohnsonD-SD
- John KerryD-MA
- Amy KlobucharD-MN
- Herb KohlD-WI
- Frank LautenbergD-NJ
- Patrick LeahyD-VT
- Carl LevinD-MI
- Joe LiebermanI-CT
- Joe ManchinD-WV
- Claire McCaskillD-MO
- Robert MenendezD-NJ
- Jeff MerkleyD-OR
- Barbara MikulskiD-MD
- Patty MurrayD-WA
- Bill NelsonD-FL
- E. NelsonD-NE
- Mark PryorD-AR
- John ReedD-RI
- Jay RockefellerD-WV
- Bernard SandersI-VT
- Charles SchumerD-NY
- Jeanne ShaheenD-NH
- Debbie StabenowD-MI
- Jon TesterD-MT
- Mark UdallD-CO
- Tom UdallD-NM
- Mark WarnerD-VA
- James WebbD-VA
- Sheldon WhitehouseD-RI
- Ron WydenD-OR
Voted Nay 44
the money's side- Lamar AlexanderR-TN
- Kelly AyotteR-NH
- John BarrassoR-WY
- Roy BluntR-MO
- John BoozmanR-AR
- Scott BrownR-MA
- Richard BurrR-NC
- Saxby ChamblissR-GA
- Dan CoatsR-IN
- Tom CoburnR-OK
- Thad CochranR-MS
- Susan CollinsR-ME
- Bob CorkerR-TN
- John CornynR-TX
- Mike CrapoR-ID
- James DeMintR-SC
- Michael EnziR-WY
- Lindsey GrahamR-SC
- Chuck GrassleyR-IA
- Orrin HatchR-UT
- John HoevenR-ND
- Kay HutchisonR-TX
- Jim InhofeR-OK
- Johnny IsaksonR-GA
- Mike JohannsR-NE
- Ron JohnsonR-WI
- Jon KylR-AZ
- Mike LeeR-UT
- Richard LugarR-IN
- John McCainR-AZ
- Mitch McConnellR-KY
- Jerry MoranR-KS
- Rand PaulR-KY
- Rob PortmanR-OH
- Harry ReidD-NV
- James RischR-ID
- Pat RobertsR-KS
- Marco RubioR-FL
- Jeff SessionsR-AL
- Richard ShelbyR-AL
- Olympia SnoweR-ME
- John ThuneR-SD
- Pat ToomeyR-PA
- David VitterR-LA
Who lobbied this bill
180 organizations reported lobbying on this bill in 2012. Among them, familiar names from the seven worst industries:
Source: Senate lobbying disclosures (LDA). Filings report spending across many bills at once, so there's no honest per-bill dollar figure. This is who reported working the bill, not how much they spent on it.
A gold dot marks the side that favored concentrated money on this vote. Senators in office today are clickable, so tap any name for their full record. Source: the official Senate roll call, linked above.