Roll Call Vote #16 · 107th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 7, 2001, 6:55 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 14 to S. 420 (Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2001)
Amendment S.Amdt. 14 (To create an exemption for certain debtors that can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the court that the reason for the filing was a result of debts incurred through medical expenses.)
Amendment Rejected (34-65)
34 Yea
65 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 44 senators
0 Yea / 43 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 43 senators
27 Yea / 16 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Joe Biden, Jr. (Democrat–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jean Carnahan (Democrat–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Max Cleland (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Edwards (Democrat–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tim Johnson (Democrat–SD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Zell Miller (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Torricelli (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 34
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Maria Cantwell
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Jack Reed
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 65
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Jean Carnahan (MO)
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Edwards (NC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Zell Miller (GA)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Present 1
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).