Roll Call Vote #179 · 107th Congress · Session 1 · Jun 12, 2001, 3:16 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 536 to S.Amdt. 358 to S. 1 (Better Education for Students and Teachers Act)
Amendment S.Amdt. 536 (To provide a low-income school choice demonstration program.)
Amendment Rejected (41-58)
41 Yea
58 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 44 senators
36 Yea / 8 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 43 senators
1 Yea / 41 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
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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Kit Bond (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Conrad Burns (Republican–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Lincoln Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Michael Enzi (Republican–WY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Chuck Hagel (Republican–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Gordon Smith (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Craig Thomas (Republican–WY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 41
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Tom Carper
- William Cochran (MS)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- William Frist (TN)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 58
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Maria Cantwell
- Jean Carnahan (MO)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Mike Crapo
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- John Edwards (NC)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Zell Miller (GA)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 1
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).