Roll Call Vote #155 · 108th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 14, 2004, 12:13 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S.J.Res. 40 (S.J.Res. 40)
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.
Cloture Motion Rejected (48-50, 3/5 majority required)
48 Yea
50 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 43 senators
38 Yea / 5 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 41 senators
4 Yea / 35 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Campbell (Republican–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lincoln Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Zell Miller (Democrat–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Sununu (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 48
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- 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)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- 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)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- James Talent (MO)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 50
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- 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
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- 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)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- John Sununu (NH)
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 2
- John Edwards (NC)
- John Kerry (MA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).