U.S. Senate: Roll Call Vote To amend the accountability provisions.Every Child Achieves Act of 2015

U.S. Senate: Roll Call Vote:

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 114^th Congress - 1^st Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Amendment (Murphy Amdt. No. 2241 )
Vote Number:	241	Vote Date:	July 15, 2015, 04:29 PM
Required For Majority:	3/5	Vote Result:	Amendment Rejected
Amendment Number:	S.Amdt. 2241 to S.Amdt. 2089 to S. 1177 (Every Child Achieves Act of 2015)
Statement of Purpose:	To amend the accountability provisions.

Vote Counts:	YEAs	43
	NAYs	54
	Not Voting	3

Vote Summary

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Alexander (R-TN), Nay Ayotte (R-NH), Nay Baldwin (D-WI), Yea Barrasso (R-WY), Nay Bennet (D-CO), Yea Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea Blunt (R-MO), Nay Booker (D-NJ), Yea Boozman (R-AR), Nay Boxer (D-CA), Yea Brown (D-OH), Yea Burr (R-NC), Nay Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Capito (R-WV), Nay Cardin (D-MD), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Yea Cassidy (R-LA), Nay Coats (R-IN), Nay Cochran (R-MS), Nay Collins (R-ME), Nay Coons (D-DE), Yea Corker (R-TN), Nay Cornyn (R-TX), Nay Cotton (R-AR), Nay Crapo (R-ID), Nay Cruz (R-TX), Not Voting Daines (R-MT), Nay Donnelly (D-IN), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Nay Ernst (R-IA), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Fischer (R-NE), Nay

Flake (R-AZ), Nay Franken (D-MN), Yea Gardner (R-CO), Nay Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea Graham (R-SC), Not Voting Grassley (R-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Nay Heinrich (D-NM), Yea Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea Heller (R-NV), Nay Hirono (D-HI), Yea Hoeven (R-ND), Nay Inhofe (R-OK), Nay Isakson (R-GA), Nay Johnson (R-WI), Nay Kaine (D-VA), Yea King (I-ME), Nay Kirk (R-IL), Nay Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea Lankford (R-OK), Nay Leahy (D-VT), Yea Lee (R-UT), Nay Manchin (D-WV), Yea Markey (D-MA), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Nay McCaskill (D-MO), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Nay Menendez (D-NJ), Yea Merkley (D-OR), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Moran (R-KS), Nay Murkowski (R-AK), Nay Murphy (D-CT), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea

Nelson (D-FL), Not Voting Paul (R-KY), Nay Perdue (R-GA), Nay Peters (D-MI), Yea Portman (R-OH), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea Risch (R-ID), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Nay Rounds (R-SD), Nay Rubio (R-FL), Nay Sanders (I-VT), Yea Sasse (R-NE), Nay Schatz (D-HI), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Scott (R-SC), Nay Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shaheen (D-NH), Nay Shelby (R-AL), Nay Stabenow (D-MI), Yea Sullivan (R-AK), Nay Tester (D-MT), Nay Thune (R-SD), Nay Tillis (R-NC), Nay Toomey (R-PA), Nay Udall (D-NM), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Nay Warner (D-VA), Yea Warren (D-MA), Yea Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea Wicker (R-MS), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Yea

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YEAs ---43
Baldwin (D-WI) Bennet (D-CO) Blumenthal (D-CT) Booker (D-NJ) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Coons (D-DE) Donnelly (D-IN) Durbin (D-IL) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN)	Gillibrand (D-NY) Heinrich (D-NM) Heitkamp (D-ND) Hirono (D-HI) Kaine (D-VA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Leahy (D-VT) Manchin (D-WV) Markey (D-MA) McCaskill (D-MO) Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR) Mikulski (D-MD) Murphy (D-CT) Murray (D-WA)	Peters (D-MI) Portman (R-OH) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Sanders (I-VT) Schatz (D-HI) Schumer (D-NY) Stabenow (D-MI) Udall (D-NM) Warner (D-VA) Warren (D-MA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---54
Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Barrasso (R-WY) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Capito (R-WV) Cassidy (R-LA) Coats (R-IN) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Cotton (R-AR) Crapo (R-ID) Daines (R-MT) Enzi (R-WY) Ernst (R-IA)	Fischer (R-NE) Flake (R-AZ) Gardner (R-CO) Grassley (R-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Heller (R-NV) Hoeven (R-ND) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johnson (R-WI) King (I-ME) Kirk (R-IL) Lankford (R-OK) Lee (R-UT) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Moran (R-KS) Murkowski (R-AK)	Paul (R-KY) Perdue (R-GA) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Rounds (R-SD) Rubio (R-FL) Sasse (R-NE) Scott (R-SC) Sessions (R-AL) Shaheen (D-NH) Shelby (R-AL) Sullivan (R-AK) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Tillis (R-NC) Toomey (R-PA) Vitter (R-LA) Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting - 3
Cruz (R-TX)	Graham (R-SC)	Nelson (D-FL)

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Alabama:	Sessions (R-AL), Nay	Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Alaska:	Murkowski (R-AK), Nay	Sullivan (R-AK), Nay
Arizona:	Flake (R-AZ), Nay	McCain (R-AZ), Nay
Arkansas:	Boozman (R-AR), Nay	Cotton (R-AR), Nay
California:	Boxer (D-CA), Yea	Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Colorado:	Bennet (D-CO), Yea	Gardner (R-CO), Nay
Connecticut:	Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea	Murphy (D-CT), Yea
Delaware:	Carper (D-DE), Yea	Coons (D-DE), Yea
Florida:	Nelson (D-FL), Not Voting	Rubio (R-FL), Nay
Georgia:	Isakson (R-GA), Nay	Perdue (R-GA), Nay
Hawaii:	Hirono (D-HI), Yea	Schatz (D-HI), Yea
Idaho:	Crapo (R-ID), Nay	Risch (R-ID), Nay
Illinois:	Durbin (D-IL), Yea	Kirk (R-IL), Nay
Indiana:	Coats (R-IN), Nay	Donnelly (D-IN), Yea
Iowa:	Ernst (R-IA), Nay	Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Kansas:	Moran (R-KS), Nay	Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Kentucky:	McConnell (R-KY), Nay	Paul (R-KY), Nay
Louisiana:	Cassidy (R-LA), Nay	Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Maine:	Collins (R-ME), Nay	King (I-ME), Nay
Maryland:	Cardin (D-MD), Yea	Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Massachusetts:	Markey (D-MA), Yea	Warren (D-MA), Yea
Michigan:	Peters (D-MI), Yea	Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Minnesota:	Franken (D-MN), Yea	Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Mississippi:	Cochran (R-MS), Nay	Wicker (R-MS), Nay
Missouri:	Blunt (R-MO), Nay	McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
Montana:	Daines (R-MT), Nay	Tester (D-MT), Nay
Nebraska:	Fischer (R-NE), Nay	Sasse (R-NE), Nay
Nevada:	Heller (R-NV), Nay	Reid (D-NV), Yea
New Hampshire:	Ayotte (R-NH), Nay	Shaheen (D-NH), Nay
New Jersey:	Booker (D-NJ), Yea	Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
New Mexico:	Heinrich (D-NM), Yea	Udall (D-NM), Yea
New York:	Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea	Schumer (D-NY), Yea
North Carolina:	Burr (R-NC), Nay	Tillis (R-NC), Nay
North Dakota:	Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea	Hoeven (R-ND), Nay
Ohio:	Brown (D-OH), Yea	Portman (R-OH), Yea
Oklahoma:	Inhofe (R-OK), Nay	Lankford (R-OK), Nay
Oregon:	Merkley (D-OR), Yea	Wyden (D-OR), Yea
Pennsylvania:	Casey (D-PA), Yea	Toomey (R-PA), Nay
Rhode Island:	Reed (D-RI), Yea	Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
South Carolina:	Graham (R-SC), Not Voting	Scott (R-SC), Nay
South Dakota:	Rounds (R-SD), Nay	Thune (R-SD), Nay
Tennessee:	Alexander (R-TN), Nay	Corker (R-TN), Nay
Texas:	Cornyn (R-TX), Nay	Cruz (R-TX), Not Voting
Utah:	Hatch (R-UT), Nay	Lee (R-UT), Nay
Vermont:	Leahy (D-VT), Yea	Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Virginia:	Kaine (D-VA), Yea	Warner (D-VA), Yea
Washington:	Cantwell (D-WA), Yea	Murray (D-WA), Yea
West Virginia:	Capito (R-WV), Nay	Manchin (D-WV), Yea
Wisconsin:	Baldwin (D-WI), Yea	Johnson (R-WI), Nay
Wyoming:	Barrasso (R-WY), Nay	Enzi (R-WY), Nay

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Senate ESEA Reauthorization Update for July 15, 2015 | deutsch29:

Senate ESEA Reauthorization Update for July 15, 2015

On July 15, 2015, the Senate voted by roll call on five amendments related to the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015, the Senate’s version of the proposed reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965.

The first roll call vote concerned cloture, which was proposed on July 13, 2015, and which might be thought of as a proposal to move from green light to yellow. Filing for cloture sets a deadline for filing new amendments. Motions for cloture are generally voted on two days following filing, after the Senate has been in session for one hour on that second day. On July 15, 2015, the vote for cloture regarding the Senate’s ESEA reauth was taken. A three-fifths majority is needed for cloture to pass. The final vote was 86-12.

The passage of the cloture motion means that consideration of amendments will also proceed more quickly.

Four additional amendments were voted on in roll call on July 15, 2015. All were rejected:

Senator Murphy’s (D-CT) amendment 2241, which at this time is only generally described as “to amend accountability provisions.” However, pro-testing organizations like Education Trust, Stand for Children, Teach for America, and Democrats for Education Reform supported it.  Here is part of their promo:

States must be required to identify schools where all students or any group of students are not meeting goals and to intervene in ways that raise achievement for students not meeting state standards.  We need accountability for schools where groups of students are not making progress, for the lowest performing schools, and for schools with very low graduation rates.

Amendment 2241 was rejected by a vote of 43-54, with 41 Democrats, one Republican, and Sanders (Independent) voting in favor; 51 Republicans, two Democrats (Tester and Shaheen), and King (Independent) voted against.

Senator Kirk’s (R-IL) amendment 2161, “to ensure that States measure and report on indicators of student access to critical educational resources and identify disparities in such resources, and for other purposes,” was rejected 46-50. Democrats and Sanders wanted it; only two Republicans voted in favor, and one of those was Kirk, Senate ESEA Reauthorization Update for July 15, 2015 | deutsch29:

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