Roll Call Vote #18 · 109th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 2, 2005, 5:55 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 32 to S. 256 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) (S. 256)
Amendment S.Amdt. 32 (To preserve existing bankruptcy protections for individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill or disabled family members.)
Amendment Rejected (37-60)
37 Yea
60 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
0 Yea / 54 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 44 senators
37 Yea / 5 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Carper (Democrat–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tim Johnson (Democrat–SD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 37
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 60
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- 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)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 3
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
Other Votes on S. 256
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Vote #12 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 23 to S. 256 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer…Amendment Agreed to (63-32) Mar 1, 2005
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Vote #13 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 16 to S. 256 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer…Amendment Rejected (38-58) Mar 1, 2005
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Vote #14 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 17 to S. 256 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer…Amendment Rejected (40-59) Mar 2, 2005
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Vote #15 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 15 to S. 256 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer…Amendment Rejected (40-59) Mar 2, 2005
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Vote #16 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 28 to S. 256 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer…Amendment Rejected (39-58) Mar 2, 2005
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Vote #17 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 29 to S. 256 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer…Amendment Rejected (39-58) Mar 2, 2005
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Vote #20 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 31 to S. 256 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer…Amendment Rejected (24-74) Mar 3, 2005
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Vote #21 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 37 to S. 256 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer…Amendment Rejected (37-61) Mar 3, 2005
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Vote #22 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 38 to S. 256 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer…Amendment Rejected (40-58) Mar 3, 2005
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Vote #23 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 42 to S. 256 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer…Amendment Rejected (39-56) Mar 3, 2005
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).