Roll Call Vote #257 · 108th Congress · Session 1 · Jun 26, 2003, 5:41 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 975 to S. 1 (Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003)
Amendment S.Amdt. 975 (To make all Medicare beneficiaries eligible for Medicare prescription drug coverage.)
Amendment Rejected (47-51)
47 Yea
51 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 43 senators
3 Yea / 40 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 41 senators
36 Yea / 4 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
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 -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) 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 -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
George Voinovich (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 47
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- John Edwards (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 51
- 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)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- William Frist (TN)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Zell Miller (GA)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- James Talent (MO)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 2
- John Kerry (MA)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).