On Passage of the Bill S. 256 (S. 256)

Crossed Party Lines

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  Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Evan Bayh (Democrat–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Joe Biden, Jr. (Democrat–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Tim Johnson (Democrat–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Blanche Lincoln (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Bill Nelson (Democrat–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Mark Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Kenneth Salazar (Democrat–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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  Deborah Stabenow (Democrat–MI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 74

• Lamar Alexander (TN)
• A. Allard (CO)
• George Allen (VA)
• Max Baucus (MT)
• Evan Bayh (IN)
• 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)
• Robert Byrd (WV)
• Tom Carper
• Lincoln Chafee (RI)
• Saxby Chambliss (GA)
• Thomas Coburn (OK)
• William Cochran (MS)
• Norm Coleman (MN)
• Susan Collins
• Kent Conrad (ND)
• John Cornyn
• Larry Craig (ID)
• Mike Crapo
• James DeMint (SC)
• Michael DeWine (OH)
• Elizabeth Dole (NC)
• Pete Domenici (NM)
• John Ensign (NV)
• 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)
• Daniel Inouye (HI)
• Johnny Isakson (GA)
• James Jeffords (VT)
• Tim Johnson (SD)
• Herbert Kohl (WI)
• Jon Kyl (AZ)
• Mary Landrieu (LA)
• Blanche Lincoln (AR)
• Chester Lott (MS)
• Richard Lugar (IN)
• Mel Martinez (FL)
• John McCain, III (AZ)
• Mitch McConnell
• Lisa Murkowski
• Bill Nelson (FL)
• Ben Nelson (NE)
• Mark Pryor (AR)
• Harry Reid (NV)
• Pat Roberts (KS)
• Kenneth Salazar (CO)
• Rick Santorum (PA)
• Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
• Richard Shelby (AL)
• Gordon Smith (OR)
• Olympia Snowe (ME)
• Arlen Specter (PA)
• Deborah Stabenow (MI)
• Ted Stevens (AK)
• John Sununu (NH)
• James Talent (MO)
• Craig Thomas (WY)
• John Thune
• David Vitter (LA)
• George Voinovich (OH)
• John Warner (VA)

Nay 25

• Daniel Akaka (HI)
• Barbara Boxer (CA)
• Maria Cantwell
• Jon Corzine (NJ)
• Mark Dayton (MN)
• Christopher Dodd (CT)
• Byron Dorgan (ND)
• Dick Durbin
• Russell Feingold (WI)
• Dianne Feinstein (CA)
• Tom Harkin (IA)
• Ted Kennedy (MA)
• John Kerry (MA)
• Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
• Patrick Leahy (VT)
• Carl Levin (MI)
• Joseph Lieberman (CT)
• Barbara Mikulski (MD)
• Patty Murray
• Barack Obama (IL)
• Jack Reed
• Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
• Paul Sarbanes (MD)
• Chuck Schumer
• Ron Wyden

Not Voting 1

• Hillary Clinton (NY)

Other Votes on S. 256

• Vote #29 On the Cloture Motion S. 256
  Cloture Motion Agreed to (69-31, 3/5 majority required) Mar 8, 2005

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