Roll Call Vote #345 · 107th Congress · Session 1 · Dec 3, 2001, 5:48 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 2170 to H.R. 10 (Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2170 (To modernize the financing of the railroad retirement system and to provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries.)
Cloture Motion Agreed to (81-15, 3/5 majority required)
81 Yea
15 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 44 senators
29 Yea / 15 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 43 senators
39 Yea / 0 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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A. Allard (Republican–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
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 -
William Frist (Republican–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Phil Gramm (Republican–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Judd Gregg (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jesse Helms (Republican–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jon Kyl (Republican–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Chester Lott (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Frank Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Donald Nickles (Republican–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Smith (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Craig Thomas (Republican–WY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Fred Thompson (Republican–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Thurmond (Republican–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 81
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- George Allen (VA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Maria Cantwell
- Jean Carnahan (MO)
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- John Edwards (NC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Chuck Grassley
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Zell Miller (GA)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 15
- A. Allard (CO)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- William Frist (TN)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
Not Voting 4
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).