Roll Call Vote #262 · 108th Congress · Session 1 · Jun 26, 2003, 12:39 PM (ET)
On Passage of the Bill S. 1 (S. 1)
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary prescription drug benefit under the Medicare program and to strengthen and improve the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
Bill Passed (76-21)
76 Yea
21 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 43 senators
34 Yea / 8 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 41 senators
30 Yea / 10 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Crossed Party Lines
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A. Allard (Republican–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Hillary Clinton (Democrat–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Edwards (Democrat–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Ensign (Republican–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Judd Gregg (Republican–NH) 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 -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Carl Levin (Democrat–MI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Chester Lott (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Donald Nickles (Republican–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Rick Santorum (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Paul Sarbanes (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Sununu (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 76
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- George Allen (VA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- 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)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- William Frist (TN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Zell Miller (GA)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- James Talent (MO)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 21
- A. Allard (CO)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- John Cornyn
- John Edwards (NC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Lindsey Graham
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Jack Reed
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- John Sununu (NH)
Not Voting 3
- James Inhofe (OK)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).