What was the result of Senate roll call vote 73 in the 108th Congress?

The Senate vote on Mar 21, 2003 ended "Amendment Rejected (48-52)", 48-52. The vote was on: On the Amendment S.Amdt. 381 to S.Con.Res. 23 (No short title on file).

How many senators voted yes and no on Senate vote 73?

48 senators voted Yea and 52 voted Nay.

Which party supported Senate vote 73 in the 108th Congress?

Republicans voted 0-43 and Democrats voted 39-2. 2 senators crossed party lines.

Roll Call Vote #73 · 108th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 21, 2003, 1:32 PM (ET)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 381 to S.Con.Res. 23 (No short title on file)

Amendment S.Amdt. 381 (To raise the 2003 caps by $3.5 billion for homeland security funding through a Domestic Defense Fund at the Homeland Security's Office of Domestic Preparedness in FY 2003 and to reduce the size of newly proposed tax cuts in the amount of $7 billion to pay for this amendment and for the cost of previously passed homeland security funding.)

Amendment Rejected (48-52)

48 Yea

52 Nay

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How the Parties Voted

Republican 43 senators

0 Yea / 43 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Democrat 41 senators

39 Yea / 2 Nay

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

Zell Miller (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 48

Nay 52

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).

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