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Senate Vote 113 (112th Congress, 2nd Session) · May 24, 2012

S. 2343

On Passage of the Bill

A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, and for other purposes.

PassageEducation

The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record

Senate.gov — official roll-call record
Congress.gov — official bill page
Tally data compiled from the official record by Voteview (UCLA) · see sources

Cite this record

Reference number: vote-112-s348
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Official source: U.S. Senate roll-call vote record ↗
Last checked: November 5, 2026Congressional vote archive last refreshed from the official roll-call records

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Senate recorded vote (112th Congress): On Passage of the Bill (S. 2343)}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/vote-112-s348}},
  note         = {Reference number vote-112-s348; official source: U.S. Senate roll-call vote record, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll\_call\_votes/vote1122/vote\_112\_2\_00113.htm; last checked November 5, 2026; accessed November 5, 2026}
}

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The tally

How the vote fell

The measure itself

What was on the floor

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on S. 2343

The map

How each state's senators voted

In 18 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 15 every one voted no; 17 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.

All yes
All no
Split
No yes or no vote

Alaska: 1 yes, 1 no
Maine: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
New York: 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
California: 2 yes, 0 no
Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
Arizona: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
Oklahoma: 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
Hawaii: 2 yes, 0 no
Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Florida: 1 yes, 1 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Official records

Every vote, by name — 101 members

Select any member to pull their file.

On Passage of the Bill

How the vote fell

What was on the floor

Every roll call on S. 2343

How each state's senators voted

Alaska 1 yes, 1 no

Alabama 0 yes, 2 no

Arkansas 1 yes, 1 no

Arizona 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

California 2 yes, 0 no

Colorado 2 yes, 0 no

Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 2 yes, 0 no

Florida 1 yes, 1 no

Georgia 0 yes, 2 no

Hawaii 2 yes, 0 no

Iowa 1 yes, 1 no

Idaho 0 yes, 2 no

Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Indiana 0 yes, 2 no

Kansas 0 yes, 2 no

Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no

Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no

Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no

Maryland 2 yes, 0 no

Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Michigan 2 yes, 0 no

Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no

Missouri 1 yes, 1 no

Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no

Montana 2 yes, 0 no

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no

Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no

New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no

New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no

Nevada 1 yes, 1 no

New York 2 yes, 0 no

Ohio 1 yes, 1 no

Oklahoma 0 yes, 2 no

Oregon 2 yes, 0 no

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no

Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no

Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Utah 0 yes, 2 no

Virginia 1 yes, 1 no

Vermont 2 yes, 0 no

Washington 2 yes, 0 no

Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no

West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no

Wyoming 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Every vote, by name — 101 members