Roll Call Vote #21 · 109th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 3, 2005, 2:37 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 37 to S. 256 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) (S. 256)
Amendment S.Amdt. 37 (To exempt debtors from means testing if their financial problems were caused by identity theft.)
Amendment Rejected (37-61)
37 Yea
61 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
0 Yea / 55 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 44 senators
36 Yea / 6 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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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 -
Tom Carper (Democrat–DE) 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 -
Ron Wyden (Democrat–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 37
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- 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)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- 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)
Nay 61
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- 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 #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 #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 ↗).