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Senate Vote 73 (112th Congress, 1st Session) · May 18, 2011

S. 953

On the Motion to Proceed

A bill to authorize the conduct of certain lease sales in the Outer Continental Shelf, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to modify the requirements for exploration, and for other purposes.

Bill action

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

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Official source: U.S. Senate roll-call vote record ↗
Last checked: November 1, 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 the Motion to Proceed (S. 953)}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/vote-112-s73}},
  note         = {Reference number vote-112-s73; official source: U.S. Senate roll-call vote record, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll\_call\_votes/vote1121/vote\_112\_1\_00073.htm; last checked November 1, 2026; accessed November 2, 2026}
}

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The tally

How the vote fell

The measure itself

What was on the floor

The map

How each state's senators voted

In 11 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 19 every one voted no; 20 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: 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
Montana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
New York: 0 yes, 2 no
Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
California: 0 yes, 2 no
Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico: 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
Oklahoma: 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
Hawaii: 0 yes, 2 no
Texas: 2 yes, 0 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 the Motion to Proceed

How the vote fell

What was on the floor

How each state's senators voted

Alaska 1 yes, 1 no

Alabama 1 yes, 1 no

Arkansas 1 yes, 1 no

Arizona 2 yes, 0 no

California 0 yes, 2 no

Colorado 0 yes, 2 no

Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no

Delaware 0 yes, 2 no

Florida 1 yes, 1 no

Georgia 2 yes, 0 no

Hawaii 0 yes, 2 no

Iowa 1 yes, 1 no

Idaho 2 yes, 0 no

Illinois 1 yes, 1 no

Indiana 2 yes, 0 no

Kansas 2 yes, 0 no

Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no

Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no

Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no

Maryland 0 yes, 2 no

Maine 1 yes, 1 no

Michigan 0 yes, 2 no

Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no

Missouri 1 yes, 1 no

Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no

Montana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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 0 yes, 2 no

New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no

Nevada 1 yes, 1 no

New York 0 yes, 2 no

Ohio 1 yes, 1 no

Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no

Oregon 0 yes, 2 no

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no

South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no

Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no

Texas 2 yes, 0 no

Utah 1 yes, 1 no

Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

Vermont 0 yes, 2 no

Washington 0 yes, 2 no

Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no

Every vote, by name — 101 members