An anti-Common Core budget amendment passed a Senate vote Thursday, allowing states to opt-out of the educational standards without penalty from the federal government. The amendment would also prohibit the federal government from “mandating, incentivizing, or coercing” states into adopting Common Core or any other standards, instructional content, curricula, assessments, or instruction programs.

Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Marco Rubio of Florida — all potential or declared Republican presidential candidates — voted in favor of the amendment. On the Democratic side, potential presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., voted against the amendment.