Roll Call Vote #26 · 109th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 7, 2005, 5:37 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 44 to S. 256 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005)
Amendment S.Amdt. 44 (To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.)
Amendment Rejected (46-49)
46 Yea
49 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 46 senators
4 Yea / 41 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 37 senators
33 Yea / 0 Nay
4 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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Lincoln Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Norm Coleman (Republican–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 46
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- 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)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 49
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- James Talent (MO)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 5
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).