Roll Call Vote #199 · 107th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 31, 2002, 11:08 AM (ET)
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA re: Graham Amdt. No. 4345)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4345 (To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide protection for all medicare beneficiaries against the costs of prescription drugs.)
Motion Rejected (49-50, 3/5 majority required)
49 Yea
50 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 44 senators
2 Yea / 41 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 43 senators
38 Yea / 5 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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John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Timothy Hutchinson (Republican–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Gordon Smith (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 49
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Jean Carnahan (MO)
- Tom Carper
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- John Edwards (NC)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Zell Miller (GA)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 50
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- William Frist (TN)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 1
- Jesse Helms (NC)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).