Senate · Roll call 134 · 118th Congress, session 1

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Waivers and Modifications of Federal Student Loans".

On the Motion: Motion Agreed to 51–46 on May 31, 2023. 3 members voted against the majority of their party.

Result
Agreed to
Vote type: 1/2
Yea
51
Nay
46
Present
0
Not voting: 3

May 31, 2023 · Procedural · Party-unity vote

Open in the Congress explorerOfficial record

The measure

The bill or resolution this roll call was on.

  1. H.J.Res. 45 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Waivers and Modifications of Federal Student Loans".
    Sent to the President· Bob Good (R-VA-5)· Education· Jun 21, 2023

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Waivers and Modifications of Federal Student Loans".

Split by party

Yea on the left, nay on the right, scaled to each party's members.

PartyYeaNayPresentNot voting
Democrats24402
Independents1200
Republicans48001
Total514603

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).

Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) · NayCory A. Booker (D-NJ) · NayEdward J. Markey (D-MA) · NayMazie K. Hirono (D-HI) · NayTammy Baldwin (D-WI) · NayJon Ossoff (D-GA) · NayJeff Merkley (D-OR) · NayKirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY) · NayRaphael G. Warnock (D-GA) · NayAlex Padilla (D-CA) · NayBrian Schatz (D-HI) · NayRichard Blumenthal (D-CT) · NaySherrod Brown (D-OH) · NayTina Smith (D-MN) · NayChris Van Hollen (D-MD) · NayPeter Welch (D-VT) · NayBen Ray Luján (D-NM) · NayRobert Menendez (D-NJ) · NayJack Reed (D-RI) · NayPatty Murray (D-WA) · NayCharles E. Schumer (D-NY) · NayTammy Duckworth (D-IL) · NayCatherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) · NayDebbie Stabenow (D-MI) · NaySheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) · NayRichard J. Durbin (D-IL) · NayRon Wyden (D-OR) · NayMartin Heinrich (D-NM) · NayBenjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) · NayRobert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA) · NayMaria Cantwell (D-WA) · NayJohn W. Hickenlooper (D-CO) · NayChristopher Murphy (D-CT) · NayJacky Rosen (D-NV) · NayAmy Klobuchar (D-MN) · NayMark Kelly (D-AZ) · NayDianne Feinstein (D-CA) · NayGary C. Peters (D-MI) · NayMichael F. Bennet (D-CO) · Not votingChristopher A. Coons (D-DE) · NayTim Kaine (D-VA) · NayMargaret Wood Hassan (D-NH) · NayJeanne Shaheen (D-NH) · NayMark R. Warner (D-VA) · Not votingJon Tester (D-MT) · YeaThomas R. Carper (D-DE) · NayJohn Fetterman (D-PA) · NayJoe Manchin, III (D-WV) · YeaBernard Sanders (I-VT) · NayKyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) · YeaAngus S. King, Jr. (I-ME) · NaySusan M. Collins (R-ME) · YeaLisa Murkowski (R-AK) · YeaShelley Moore Capito (R-WV) · YeaMitt Romney (R-UT) · YeaMike Rounds (R-SD) · YeaChuck Grassley (R-IA) · YeaLindsey Graham (R-SC) · YeaRoger F. Wicker (R-MS) · YeaThom Tillis (R-NC) · Not votingKevin Cramer (R-ND) · YeaMitch McConnell (R-KY) · YeaJohn Hoeven (R-ND) · YeaJerry Moran (R-KS) · YeaJohn Boozman (R-AR) · YeaJohn Thune (R-SD) · YeaTodd Young (R-IN) · YeaPete Ricketts (R-NE) · YeaCindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) · YeaDeb Fischer (R-NE) · YeaDan Sullivan (R-AK) · YeaBill Cassidy (R-LA) · YeaJohn Cornyn (R-TX) · YeaMike Crapo (R-ID) · YeaMarkwayne Mullin (R-OK) · YeaJoni Ernst (R-IA) · YeaJohn Barrasso (R-WY) · YeaJames E. Risch (R-ID) · YeaJohn Kennedy (R-LA) · YeaTom Cotton (R-AR) · YeaKatie Boyd Britt (R-AL) · YeaSteve Daines (R-MT) · YeaJames Lankford (R-OK) · YeaRoger Marshall (R-KS) · YeaMarco Rubio (R-FL) · YeaTim Scott (R-SC) · YeaMarsha Blackburn (R-TN) · YeaTed Budd (R-NC) · YeaRon Johnson (R-WI) · YeaBill Hagerty (R-TN) · YeaCynthia M. Lummis (R-WY) · YeaRick Scott (R-FL) · YeaTed Cruz (R-TX) · YeaMike Braun (R-IN) · YeaJosh Hawley (R-MO) · YeaJ.D. Vance (R-OH) · YeaRand Paul (R-KY) · YeaEric Schmitt (R-MO) · YeaMike Lee (R-UT) · YeaTommy Tuberville (R-AL) · YeaMotion Agreed to51–46
Yea 51Nay 46Not voting 3Voted against their party

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 · 2

Nay · 44

Not voting · 2

Independents · 3

Yea · 1

Nay · 2

Republicans · 49

Yea · 48

Not voting · 1

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.