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Roll Call Vote #229 · 109th Congress · Session 1 · Sep 14, 2005, 1:06 PM (ET)

On the Motion (Motion To Suspend Paragraph 4, Rule XVI RE: Clinton Amdt. NO. 1660)

Amendment S.Amdt. 1660 (To establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future.)

Motion Rejected (44-54, 3/5 majority required)
44 Yea
54 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Republican 46 senators

0 Yea / 45 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Democrat 37 senators

35 Yea / 1 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

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 44

Nay 54

Not Voting 2

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).