The Senate rejected a move to restore lower interest rates on some new federal student loans on Tuesday. Forty-nine senators voted against the bill.
On July 1, following congressional inaction, the rates on some new loans doubledfrom 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. This was the first effort to reverse that spike, which is expected to hit about 7 million students returning to college in the fall with an extra $2,600 increase in their payments.
Below, the Twitter and Facebook contact information of every senator who voted “nay” on the measure to lower student loan rates. (Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) also voted “nay,” but did so for procedural reasons, so that he could enter a motion to reconsider the vote at a later point):
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Lisa Murkowski | R | AK | Nay |  |
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Jeff Sessions | R | AL | Nay | |
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Richard C. Shelby | R | AL | Nay | |
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John Boozman | R | AR | Nay | |
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Jeff Flake | R | AZ | Nay | |
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John McCain | R | AZ | Nay | |
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Marco Rubio | R | FL | Nay | |
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Saxby Chambliss | R | GA | Nay | |
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Johnny Isakson | R | GA | Nay | |
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Chuck Grassley | R | IA | Nay | |
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James E. Risch | R | ID | Nay | |
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Mike Crapo | R | ID | Nay | |
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Mark Kirk | R | IL | Nay | |
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Daniel Coats | R | IN | Nay | |
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Jerry Moran | R | KS | Nay | |
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Pat Roberts | R | KS | Nay | |
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Mitch McConnell | R | KY | Nay | |
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Rand Paul | R | KY | Nay | |
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David Vitter | R | LA | Nay | |
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Angus S. King, Jr. | I | ME | Nay | |
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Susan M. Collins | R | ME | Nay | |
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Roy Blunt | R | MO | Nay | |
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Thad Cochran | R | MS | Nay | |
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Roger F. Wicker | R | MS | Nay | |
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Richard Burr | R | NC | Nay | |
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John Hoeven | R | ND | Nay | |
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Deb Fischer | R | NE | Nay | |
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Mike Johanns | R | NE | Nay | |
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Kelly Ayotte | R | NH | Nay | |
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Jeffrey Chiesa | R | NJ | Nay | ||
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Dean Heller | R | NV | Nay | |
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Rob Portman | R | OH | Nay | |
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Tom Coburn | R | OK | Nay | |
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James M. Inhofe | R | OK | Nay | |
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Patrick J. Toomey | R | PA | Nay | |
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Tim Scott | R | SC | Nay | |
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Lindsey Graham | R | SC | Nay | |
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John Thune | R | SD | Nay | |
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Bob Corker | R | TN | Nay | |
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Lamar Alexander | R | TN | Nay | |
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John Cornyn | R | TX | Nay | |
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Ted Cruz | R | TX | Nay | |
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Mike Lee | R | UT | Nay | |
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Orrin G. Hatch | R | UT | Nay | |
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Ron Johnson | R | WI | Nay | |
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Joe Manchin, III | D | WV | Nay | |
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John Barrasso | R | WY | Nay | |
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Michael B. Enzi | R | WY | Nay | |
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