Roll Call Vote #73 · 108th Congress · Session 2 · Apr 29, 2004, 12:10 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3050 to S. 150 (Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act)
Amendment S.Amdt. 3050 (To eliminate methyl tertiary butyl ether from the United States fuel supply, to increase production and use of renewable fuel, and to increase the Nation's energy independence.)
Cloture Motion Rejected (40-59, 3/5 majority required)
40 Yea
59 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 43 senators
2 Yea / 41 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 41 senators
32 Yea / 8 Nay
1 not voting or present
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
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Barbara Boxer (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Hillary Clinton (Democrat–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jon Corzine (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Chuck Hagel (Republican–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Frank Lautenberg (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 40
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- John Edwards (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
Nay 59
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- John Cornyn
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- William Frist (TN)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Zell Miller (GA)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Jack Reed
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Chuck Schumer
- 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)
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 1
- John Kerry (MA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).