Roll Call Vote #302 · 109th Congress · Session 1 · Nov 3, 2005, 5:25 PM (ET)
On the Motion (Motion To Waive CBA Re: Snowe Amdt. No. 2371)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2371 (To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide the authority for negotiating fair prices for medicare prescription drugs.)
Motion Rejected (51-48, 3/5 majority required)
51 Yea
48 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 46 senators
6 Yea / 40 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 37 senators
34 Yea / 2 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
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Sam Brownback (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Lincoln Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Thomas Coburn (Republican–OK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 51
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Lindsey Graham
- 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)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 48
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- William Frist (TN)
- 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)
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- 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 1
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).