The Employment Non-Discrimination Act passed through the U.S. Senate today, with a vote of 64-32. As expected, Sen. Ted Cruz (TX-R) and Sen. Rand Paul (KY-R) both voted nay on the legislation, while Sen. Diane Feinstein (CA-D) and Sen. Barbra Boxer (CA-D) opposed the legislation with the help of Sen. Joe Manchin (WV-D) who was the final democrat to shift their position in support of the bill.
Grouped by Home State:
| Alabama: | Sessions (R-AL), Nay | Shelby (R-AL), Nay |
| Alaska: | Begich (D-AK), Yea | Murkowski (R-AK), Not Voting |
| Arizona: | Flake (R-AZ), Nay | McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting |
| Arkansas: | Boozman (R-AR), Nay | Pryor (D-AR), Yea |
| California: | Boxer (D-CA), Yea | Feinstein (D-CA), Yea |
| Colorado: | Bennet (D-CO), Yea | Udall (D-CO), Yea |
| Connecticut: | Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea | Murphy (D-CT), Yea |
| Delaware: | Carper (D-DE), Yea | Coons (D-DE), Yea |
| Florida: | Nelson (D-FL), Yea | Rubio (R-FL), Nay |
| Georgia: | Chambliss (R-GA), Not Voting | Isakson (R-GA), Nay |
| Hawaii: | Hirono (D-HI), Yea | Schatz (D-HI), Yea |
| Idaho: | Crapo (R-ID), Nay | Risch (R-ID), Nay |
| Illinois: | Durbin (D-IL), Yea | Kirk (R-IL), Yea |
| Indiana: | Coats (R-IN), Nay | Donnelly (D-IN), Yea |
| Iowa: | Grassley (R-IA), Nay | Harkin (D-IA), Yea |
| Kansas: | Moran (R-KS), Not Voting | Roberts (R-KS), Nay |
| Kentucky: | McConnell (R-KY), Nay | Paul (R-KY), Nay |
| Louisiana: | Landrieu (D-LA), Yea | Vitter (R-LA), Not Voting |
| Maine: | Collins (R-ME), Yea | King (I-ME), Yea |
| Maryland: | Cardin (D-MD), Yea | Mikulski (D-MD), Yea |
| Massachusetts: | Markey (D-MA), Yea | Warren (D-MA), Yea |
| Michigan: | Levin (D-MI), Yea | Stabenow (D-MI), Yea |
| Minnesota: | Franken (D-MN), Yea | Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea |
| Mississippi: | Cochran (R-MS), Nay | Wicker (R-MS), Nay |
| Missouri: | Blunt (R-MO), Not Voting | McCaskill (D-MO), Not Voting |
| Montana: | Baucus (D-MT), Yea | Tester (D-MT), Yea |
| Nebraska: | Fischer (R-NE), Nay | Johanns (R-NE), Nay |
| Nevada: | Heller (R-NV), Yea | Reid (D-NV), Yea |
| New Hampshire: | Ayotte (R-NH), Yea | Shaheen (D-NH), Yea |
| New Jersey: | Booker (D-NJ), Yea | Menendez (D-NJ), Yea |
| New Mexico: | Heinrich (D-NM), Yea | Udall (D-NM), Yea |
| New York: | Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea | Schumer (D-NY), Yea |
| North Carolina: | Burr (R-NC), Not Voting | Hagan (D-NC), Yea |
| North Dakota: | Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea | Hoeven (R-ND), Nay |
| Ohio: | Brown (D-OH), Yea | Portman (R-OH), Yea |
| Oklahoma: | Coburn (R-OK), Not Voting | Inhofe (R-OK), Nay |
| Oregon: | Merkley (D-OR), Yea | Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
| Pennsylvania: | Casey (D-PA), Yea | Toomey (R-PA), Yea |
| Rhode Island: | Reed (D-RI), Yea | Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea |
| South Carolina: | Graham (R-SC), Nay | Scott (R-SC), Nay |
| South Dakota: | Johnson (D-SD), Yea | Thune (R-SD), Nay |
| Tennessee: | Alexander (R-TN), Nay | Corker (R-TN), Nay |
| Texas: | Cornyn (R-TX), Nay | Cruz (R-TX), Nay |
| Utah: | Hatch (R-UT), Yea | Lee (R-UT), Nay |
| Vermont: | Leahy (D-VT), Yea | Sanders (I-VT), Yea |
| Virginia: | Kaine (D-VA), Yea | Warner (D-VA), Yea |
| Washington: | Cantwell (D-WA), Yea | Murray (D-WA), Yea |
| West Virginia: | Manchin (D-WV), Yea | Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea |
| Wisconsin: | Baldwin (D-WI), Yea | Johnson (R-WI), Nay |
| Wyoming: | Barrasso (R-WY), Nay | Enzi (R-WY), Nay |
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is now headed to the House, where Speaker John Boehner (OH-R) has already announced his opposition and is not expected to even put the bill for a vote. #StandWithBoehner
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