Roll Call Vote #20 · 109th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 3, 2005, 2:05 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 31 to S. 256 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) (S. 256)
Amendment S.Amdt. 31 (To limit the amount of interest that can be charged on any extension of credit to 30 percent.)
Amendment Rejected (24-74)
24 Yea
74 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
0 Yea / 55 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 44 senators
23 Yea / 19 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Joe Biden, Jr. (Democrat–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Maria Cantwell (Democrat–WA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Carper (Democrat–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dick Durbin (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tim Johnson (Democrat–SD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Kerry (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Blanche Lincoln (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bill Nelson (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Barack Obama (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jack Reed (Democrat–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Paul Sarbanes (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ron Wyden (Democrat–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 24
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
Nay 74
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- 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)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- 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)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- 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)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 2
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
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 #18 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 32 to S. 256 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer…Amendment Rejected (37-60) Mar 2, 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 ↗).