Senate · Roll call 217 · 117th Congress, session 1
United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021
On the Motion for Attendance: Motion for Attendance Agreed to 84–7 on May 27, 2021. 7 members voted against the majority of their party.
- Result
- Agreed to
- Vote type: 1/2
- Yea
- 84
- Nay
- 7
- Present
- 0
- Not voting: 9
May 27, 2021 · Procedural
The measure
The bill or resolution this roll call was on.
- S. 1260 United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021Passed one chamber· Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)· Science, Technology, Communications· Jun 8, 2021
A bill to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes.
Split by party
Yea on the left, nay on the right, scaled to each party's members.
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Independents | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republicans | 35 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 84 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
Seat chart
One seat per member, colored by their recorded position; outlined seats voted against their party's majority. Seats are grouped by party and ordered by DW-NOMINATE (Analisa's layout: House members have no assigned seats).
Voted against their party
Members who voted yea or nay against most of their party's voting members.
How each member voted
Recorded positions, by party and then position. Highlighted names voted against the majority of their party's voting members.
Democrats · 48
Yea · 47
- Tammy BaldwinD-WI
- Cory A. BookerD-NJ
- Sherrod BrownD-OH
- Maria CantwellD-WA
- Thomas R. CarperD-DE
- Tammy DuckworthD-IL
- Dianne FeinsteinD-CA
- Martin HeinrichD-NM
- Mazie K. HironoD-HI
- Tim KaineD-VA
- Mark KellyD-AZ
- Amy KlobucharD-MN
- Patrick J. LeahyD-VT
- Ben Ray LujánD-NM
- Joe Manchin, IIID-WV
- Edward J. MarkeyD-MA
- Robert MenendezD-NJ
- Jeff MerkleyD-OR
- Patty MurrayD-WA
- Jon OssoffD-GA
- Alex PadillaD-CA
- Gary C. PetersD-MI
- Jack ReedD-RI
- Jacky RosenD-NV
- Brian SchatzD-HI
- Jeanne ShaheenD-NH
- Tina SmithD-MN
- Debbie StabenowD-MI
- Jon TesterD-MT
- Chris Van HollenD-MD
- Mark R. WarnerD-VA
- Elizabeth WarrenD-MA
- Ron WydenD-OR
Not voting · 1
- Kyrsten SinemaD-AZ
Independents · 2
Yea · 2
- Bernard SandersI-VT
Republicans · 50
Yea · 35
- John BarrassoR-WY
- John BoozmanR-AR
- Bill CassidyR-LA
- Susan M. CollinsR-ME
- John CornynR-TX
- Kevin CramerR-ND
- Mike CrapoR-ID
- Ted CruzR-TX
- Steve DainesR-MT
- Joni ErnstR-IA
- Deb FischerR-NE
- Lindsey GrahamR-SC
- Chuck GrassleyR-IA
- Bill HagertyR-TN
- Josh HawleyR-MO
- John HoevenR-ND
- Cindy Hyde-SmithR-MS
- Mike LeeR-UT
- Roger MarshallR-KS
- Mitch McConnellR-KY
- Jerry MoranR-KS
- Lisa MurkowskiR-AK
- Rob PortmanR-OH
- James E. RischR-ID
- Mitt RomneyR-UT
- Marco RubioR-FL
- Ben SasseR-NE
- Dan SullivanR-AK
- John ThuneR-SD
- Thom TillisR-NC
- Tommy TubervilleR-AL
- Roger F. WickerR-MS
- Todd YoungR-IN
Nay · 7
- Ron JohnsonR-WIAgainst party
- John KennedyR-LAAgainst party
- James LankfordR-OKAgainst party
- Rand PaulR-KYAgainst party
- Rick ScottR-FLAgainst party
- Tim ScottR-SCAgainst party
- Patrick J. ToomeyR-PAAgainst party
Not voting · 8
- Marsha BlackburnR-TN
- Roy BluntR-MO
- Mike BraunR-IN
- Richard BurrR-NC
- Tom CottonR-AR
- James M. InhofeR-OK
- Mike RoundsR-SD
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll calls via Voteview, from the official Senate record.
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- The seat chart groups members by party (Analisa's layout); it is not a floor plan.