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Cloture Motions - 112th Congress

From January 5,2011 through January 2, 2013, 115 cloture motions were filed.

Motions Filed in 2012				Action and Result
Date	Measure	Subject	Filed By	Date	Vote	Result
Dec 19	H.R.1	Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011	Reid	Dec 28	UC	W
Dec 19	H.R.1	Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 S.Amdt.3395	Reid	Dec 21	91 - 1 No. 230	I
Dec 11	S.3637	A bill to temporarily extend the transaction account guarantee program	Reid	Nov 13	UC	W
Dec 6	S.3637	A bill to temporarily extend the transaction account guarantee program motion to proceed	Reid	Dec 11	76 - 20 No. 225	I
Nov 30	S.3254	National Defense Authorization Act for FY2013	Reid	Dec 3	93 - 0 No. 218	I
Nov 13	S.3525	Sportsmen's Act of 2012	Reid	Nov 15	84 - 12 No. 203	I
Sep 20	S.3525	Sportsmen's Act of 2012 motion to proceed	Reid	Sep 21	84 - 7 No. 200	I
Sep 20	H.J.Res.117	Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013	Reid	Sep 21	62 - 30 No. 198	I
Sep 19	H.J.Res.117	Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 motion to proceed	Reid	Sep 19	76 - 22 No. 194	I
Sep 12	S.3457	Veterans Jobs Corps Act	Reid	Sep 19	UC	W
Sep 12	S.3457	Veterans Jobs Corps Act S.Amdt.2789	Reid	Sep 19	UC	W
Aug 2	S.3457	Veterans Jobs Corps Act motion to proceed	Reid	Sep 11	95 - 1 No. 191	I
Jul 31	S.3414	Cybersecurity Act of 2012 Vote No. 187 reconsidered	Reid	Aug 2 Nov 14	52 - 46 No. 187 51 - 47 No. 202	F F
Jul 26	PN1201	Nominee Robert E. Bacharach	Reid	Jul 30	56 - 34 No. 186	F
Jul 25	S.3414	Cybersecurity Act of 2012 motion to proceed	Reid	Jul 26	84 - 11 No. 185	I
Jul 23	S.3412	Middle Class Tax Cut Act motion to proceed	Reid	Jul 25	UC	W
Jul 19	PN1203	Nominee Michael A. Shipp	Reid	Jul 23	UC	W
Jul 17	S.3364	Bring Jobs Home Act motion to proceed	Reid	Jul 19	56 - 42 No. 181	F
Jul 12	S.3369	A bill to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities motion to proceed Vote No. 179 reconsidered	Reid	Jul 16 Jul 17	51 - 44 No. 179 53 - 45 No. 180	F F
Jul 11	S.2237	Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act	Reid	Jul 12	53 - 44 No. 177	F
Jul 11	S.2237	Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act S.Amdt.2521	Reid	Jul 12	57 - 41 No. 176	F
Jun 29	S.2237	Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act motion to proceed	Reid	Jul 10	80 - 14 No. 174	I
Jun 21	S.3187	Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act motion to concur in the House amendment	Reid	Jun 25	89 - 3 No. 166	I
Jun 20	S.1940	Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act motion to proceed	Reid	Jun 21	96 - 2 No. 165	I
Jun 7	PN1104	Nominee Andrew David Hurwitz	Reid	Jun 11	60 - 31 No. 118	I
Jun 5	S.3240	Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 motion to proceed	Reid	Jun 7	90 - 8 No. 117	I
May 24	S.3220	Paycheck Fairness Act motion to proceed	Reid	Jun 5	52 - 47 No. 115	F
May 17	S.3187	FDA User Fee Bill motion to proceed	Reid	May 21	UC	W
May 17	PN1049	Nominee Paul J. Watford	Reid	May 21	UC	W
May 15	PN1226	Nominee Jerome H. Powell	Reid	May 16	UC	V
May 15	PN1225	Nominee Jeremy C. Stein	Reid	May 16	UC	V
May 10	H.R.2072	Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012 motion to proceed	Reid	May 14	UC	W
Apr 26	S.2343	Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act of 2012 motion to proceed	Reid	May 8	52 - 45 No. 89	F
Apr 17	S.1789	21st Century Postal Services Act	Reid	Apr 19	UC	W
Apr 17	S.1789	21st Century Postal Services Act S.Amdt.2000	Reid	Apr 19	UC	W
Mar 29	S.2230	Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012 motion to proceed	Reid	Apr 16	51 - 45 No. 65	F
Mar 27	S.2204	Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act	Reid	Mar 29	51 - 47 No. 63	F
Mar 22	S.1789	21st Century Postal Services Act motion to proceed Vote No. 60 reconsidered	Reid	Mar 27 Apr 17	51 - 46 No. 60 74 - 22 No. 66	F I
Mar 22	S.2204	Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act motion to proceed	Reid	Mar 26	92 - 4 No. 59	I
Mar 20	S.2038	Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act motion to concur in the House amendment	Reid	Mar 22	96 - 3 No. 56	I
Mar 15	H.R.3606	Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011	Reid	Mar 21	76 - 22 No. 53	I
Mar 15	H.R.3606	Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011 S.Amdt.1836	Reid	Mar 20	55 - 44 No. 52	F
Mar 15	H.R.3606	Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011 S.Amdt.1833	Reid	Mar 20	54 - 45 No. 51	F
Mar 12	PN1131	Nominee Timothy S. Hillman	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN349	Nominee Mary Geiger Lewis	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN525	Nominee Jeffrey J. Helmick	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN1118	Nominee John J. Tharp, Jr.	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN1117	Nominee George Levi Russell, III	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN1116	Nominee John Z. Lee	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN1105	Nominee Kristine Gerhard Baker	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN986	Nominee Brian C. Wimes	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN937	Nominee David Campos Guaderrama	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN920	Nominee Gregg Jeffrey Costa	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN633	Nominee Susie Morgan	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN865	Nominee Miranda Du	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN858	Nominee Rudolph Contreras	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN857	Nominee Ronnie Abrams	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN786	Nominee Michael Walter Fitzgerald	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN735	Nominee David Nuffer	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 12	PN566	Nominee Gina Marie Groh	Reid	Mar 14	UC	W
Mar 2	S.1813	Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs reauthorization	Reid	Mar 6	UC	W
Mar 2	S.1813	Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs reauthorization S.Amdt.1761	Reid	Mar 6	52 - 44 No. 25	F
Feb 15	PN632	Nominee Jesse M. Furman	Reid	Feb 17	UC	W
Feb 15	S.1813	Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs reauthorization S.Amdt.1633	Reid	Feb 17	54 - 42 No. 20	F
Feb 9	PN864	Nominee Adalberto Jose Jordan	Reid	Feb 13	89 - 5 No. 18	I
Feb 7	S.1813	Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs reauthorization motion to proceed	Reid	Feb 9	85 - 11 No. 17	I
Jan 26	S.2038	Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act motion to proceed	Reid	Jan 30	93 - 2 No. 3	I

Motions Filed in 2011				Action and Result
Date	Measure	Subject	Filed By	Date	Vote	Result
Dec 17	S.968	Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property motion to proceed	Reid	Jan 23	UC	W
Dec 15	H.R.3630	Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011 motion to proceed	Reid	Dec 16	UC	W
Dec 8	PN267	Nominee Mari Carmen Aponte Vote No. 227 reconsidered	Reid	Dec 12 Jun 14	49 - 37 No. 227 62 - 37 No. 121	F I
Dec 8	PN113	Nominee Norman L. Eisen	Reid	Dec 12	70 - 16 No. 226	I
Dec 7	S.1944	Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2011 motion to proceed	Reid	Dec 8	UC	V
Dec 6	PN784	Nominee Richard Cordray	Reid	Dec 8	53 - 45 No. 223	F
Dec 1	PN05	Nominee Caitlin Joan Halligan	Reid	Dec 6	54 - 45 No. 222	F
Nov 30	S.1917	A bill to create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses motion to proceed	Reid	Dec 1	UC	W
Nov 28	S.1867	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012	Reid	Nov 30	88 - 12 No. 212	I
Nov 8	H.R.2354	Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations motion to proceed	Reid	Nov 10	81 - 14 No. 205	I
Nov 3	H.R.674	3% Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act motion to proceed	Reid	Nov 7	94 - 1 No. 198	I
Nov 1	S.1769	Rebuild America Jobs Act motion to proceed	Reid	Nov 2	UC	W
Oct 19	H.R.2112	Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations	Reid	Nov 1	no vote	N
Oct 19	H.R.2112	Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations S.Amdt.738	Reid	Oct 20	82 - 16 No. 187	I
Oct 19	S.1726	Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011 motion to proceed	McConnell	Oct 20	57 - 43 No. 178	F
Oct 19	S.1723	Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011 motion to proceed	Reid	Oct 20	50 - 50 No. 177	F
Oct 6	S.1660	American Jobs Act of 2011 motion to proceed	Reid	Oct 11	50 - 49 No. 160	F
Oct 4	S.1619	Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act	Reid	Oct 6	62 - 38 No. 156	I
Sep 26	S.1619	Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act motion to proceed	Reid	Oct 3	79 - 19 No. 155	I
Sep 23	H.R.2608	Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment	Reid	Sep 26	54 - 35 No. 152	F
Sep 16	H.R.2832	To extend the Generalized System of Preferences motion to proceed	Reid	Sep 19	84 - 8 No. 139	I
Sep 14	H.J.Res.66	Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003	Reid	Sep 15	no vote	N
Sep 14	H.J.Res.66	Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 S.Amdt.602	Reid	Sep 15	no vote	N
Sep 9	H.J.Res.66	Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 motion to proceed Vote No. 131 reconsidered	Reid	Sep 12 Sep 13	53 - 33 No. 131 61 - 38 No. 132	F I
Aug 2	H.R.1249	Leahy-Smith America Invents Act motion to proceed	Reid	Sep 6	93 - 5 No. 125	I
Jul 29	S.627	Budget Control Act of 2011 motion to concur in the House amendment with an amendment No. 589	Reid	Jul 31	50 - 49 No. 122	F
Jul 14	H.R.2055	Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 motion to waive the points of order under section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for H.R. 2055, any amendments thereto and motions thereon	Johnson (SD)	Jul 14	71 - 26 No. 110	I
Jul 11	H.R.2055	Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 motion to proceed	Reid	Jul 13	89 - 11 No. 109	I
Jul 11	S.1323	A bill to express the sense of the Senate on shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit	Reid	Jul 13	51 - 49 No. 108	F
Jul 5	S.1323	A bill to express the sense of the Senate on shared sacrifice in resolving the budget deficit motion to proceed	Reid	Jul 7	74 - 22 No. 106	I
Jun 30	S.J.Res.20	Authorizing the limited use of the United States Armed Forces in support of the NATO mission in Libya motion to proceed	Reid	Jul 5	UC	V
Jun 16	S.679	Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 motion to proceed	Reid	Jun 22	UC	W
Jun 16	S.782	Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011	Reid	Jun 21	49 - 51 No. 94	F
Jun 9	S.782	Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011 S.Amdt.436	Coburn	Jun 14	40 - 59 No. 89	F
Jun 6	S.782	Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011 motion to proceed	Reid	Jun 7	UC	W
May 26	PN97	Nominee Donald B. Verrilli, Jr.	Klobuchar	Jun 6	UC	V
May 24	S.990	Legislative vehicle for the PATRIOT Act extension motion to concur in the House amendment with an amendment No. 347	Reid	May 26	79 - 18 No. 81	I
May 19	S.1038	PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 motion to proceed	Reid	May 23	74 - 8 No. 75	I
May 17	PN3	Nominee Goodwin Liu	Reid	May 19	52 - 43 No. 74	F
May 5	PN49	Nominee James Michael Cole	Reid	May 9	50 - 40 No. 67	F
May 2	PN32	Nominee John J. McConnell, Jr.	Reid	May 4	63 - 33 No. 65	I
May 2	S.493	SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011	Reid	May 4	52 - 44 No. 64	F
Mar 10	S.493	SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 motion to proceed	Reid	Mar 14	84 - 12 No. 40	I
Mar 4	H.R.1	Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, FY2011 motion to proceed	Reid	Mar 8	UC	V
Mar 3	S.23	Patent Reform Act	Reid	Mar 7	87 - 3 No. 34	I
Feb 28	H.R.359	Termination of Taxpayer Financing of Presidential Election Campaigns motion to proceed	Reid	Mar 1	UC	V
Feb 15	S.223	FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act	Reid	Feb 17	96 - 2 No. 20	I
Feb 15	S.223	FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act S.Amdt.7	Hutchison	Feb 17	UC	V

Vote Key: 61-32 No. 2 (for example) - tally and Roll Call Vote number; UC - Unanimous Consent.
Result Key: F - Failed; I - Invoked; N - No action; V - Vitiated; W - Withdrawn.