Senate · Roll call 247 · 119th Congress, session 2
Protect College Sports Act of 2026
On the Amendment: Amendment Rejected 42–54 on Sep 28, 2026. 23 members voted against the majority of their party.
- Result
- Not agreed to
- Vote type: 3/5
- Yea
- 42
- Nay
- 54
- Present
- 0
- Not voting: 4
Sep 28, 2026 · Amendments · Party-unity vote
The measure
The bill or resolution this roll call was on.
- S. 4668 Protect College Sports Act of 2026Passed one chamber· Ted Cruz (R-TX)· Sports and Recreation· Sep 28, 2026
To limit price increases for college athletics tickets.
Split by party
Yea on the left, nay on the right, scaled to each party's members.
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 31 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republicans | 9 | 40 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 42 | 54 | 0 | 4 |
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 · 45
Yea · 31
- Tammy BaldwinD-WI
- Tammy DuckworthD-IL
- Ruben GallegoD-AZ
- Martin HeinrichD-NM
- Mazie K. HironoD-HI
- Mark KellyD-AZ
- Ben Ray LujánD-NM
- Edward J. MarkeyD-MA
- Jeff MerkleyD-OR
- Patty MurrayD-WA
- Alex PadillaD-CA
- Gary C. PetersD-MI
- Jack ReedD-RI
- Adam B. SchiffD-CA
- Jeanne ShaheenD-NH
- Elissa SlotkinD-MI
- Tina SmithD-MN
- Chris Van HollenD-MD
- Elizabeth WarrenD-MA
- Peter WelchD-VT
- Ron WydenD-OR
Nay · 14
- Cory A. BookerD-NJAgainst party
- Maria CantwellD-WAAgainst party
- Christopher A. CoonsD-DEAgainst party
- Richard J. DurbinD-ILAgainst party
- John FettermanD-PAAgainst party
- John W. HickenlooperD-COAgainst party
- Tim KaineD-VAAgainst party
- Andy KimD-NJAgainst party
- Amy KlobucharD-MNAgainst party
- Jon OssoffD-GAAgainst party
- Jacky RosenD-NVAgainst party
- Brian SchatzD-HIAgainst party
- Mark R. WarnerD-VAAgainst party
- Sheldon WhitehouseD-RIAgainst party
Independents · 2
Yea · 2
- Bernard SandersI-VT
Republicans · 53
Yea · 9
- Jim BanksR-INAgainst party
- Kevin CramerR-NDAgainst party
- Darline GrahamR-SCAgainst party
- Josh HawleyR-MOAgainst party
- Jon HustedR-OHAgainst party
- Cindy Hyde-SmithR-MSAgainst party
- John KennedyR-LAAgainst party
- Lisa MurkowskiR-AKAgainst party
- Roger F. WickerR-MSAgainst party
Nay · 40
- Alan ArmstrongR-OK
- John BarrassoR-WY
- Marsha BlackburnR-TN
- John BoozmanR-AR
- Katie Boyd BrittR-AL
- Ted BuddR-NC
- Bill CassidyR-LA
- Susan M. CollinsR-ME
- John CornynR-TX
- Tom CottonR-AR
- Mike CrapoR-ID
- Ted CruzR-TX
- John R. CurtisR-UT
- Steve DainesR-MT
- Joni ErnstR-IA
- Deb FischerR-NE
- Chuck GrassleyR-IA
- Bill HagertyR-TN
- John HoevenR-ND
- Ron JohnsonR-WI
- James C. JusticeR-WV
- James LankfordR-OK
- Roger MarshallR-KS
- Mitch McConnellR-KY
- David McCormickR-PA
- Ashley MoodyR-FL
- Jerry MoranR-KS
- Bernie MorenoR-OH
- Rand PaulR-KY
- Pete RickettsR-NE
- James E. RischR-ID
- Mike RoundsR-SD
- Eric SchmittR-MO
- Rick ScottR-FL
- Tim ScottR-SC
- Tim SheehyR-MT
- John ThuneR-SD
- Todd YoungR-IN
Not voting · 4
- Mike LeeR-UT
- Dan SullivanR-AK
- Thom TillisR-NC
- Tommy TubervilleR-AL
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.