Roll Call Vote #240 · 108th Congress · Session 1 · Jun 24, 2003, 6:14 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 970 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003) (S. 1)
Amendment S.Amdt. 970 (To provide 50 percent cost-sharing for a beneficiary whose income is at least 160 percent but not more thansa968 250 percent of the poverty line after the beneficiary has reached the initial coverage gap and before the beneficiary has reached the annual out-of pocket limit.)
Amendment Rejected (41-54)
41 Yea
54 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 51 senators
0 Yea / 49 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 48 senators
41 Yea / 4 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Zell Miller (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 41
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- John Edwards (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 54
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- William Frist (TN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Zell Miller (GA)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- James Talent (MO)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 5
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
Other Votes on S. 1
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Vote #227 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 931 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvemen…Amendment Rejected (37-58) Jun 18, 2003
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Vote #228 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 932 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvemen…Amendment Agreed to (95-0) Jun 19, 2003
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Vote #229 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 939 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvemen…Amendment Rejected (39-56) Jun 19, 2003
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Vote #230 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 945 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvemen…Amendment Agreed to (94-1) Jun 19, 2003
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Vote #232 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 946 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvemen…Amendment Agreed to (62-28) Jun 20, 2003
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Vote #233 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 976 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Impr…Motion to Table Agreed to (52-43) Jun 24, 2003
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Vote #234 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 969 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Impr…Motion to Table Agreed to (55-42) Jun 24, 2003
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Vote #235 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 981 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Impr…Motion to Table Agreed to (66-31) Jun 24, 2003
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Vote #236 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1001 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Imp…Motion to Table Agreed to (54-42) Jun 24, 2003
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Vote #237 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 957 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvemen…Amendment Agreed to (93-3) Jun 24, 2003
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).