Roll Call Vote #49 · 109th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 15, 2005, 4:13 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 145 to S.Con.Res. 18 (No short title on file) (S.Con.Res. 18)
Amendment S.Amdt. 145 (To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should reject any Social Security plan that requires deep benefit cuts or a massive increase in debt.)
Amendment Rejected (50-50)
50 Yea
50 Nay
Tie votes may be decided by the Vice President; the recorded result above is authoritative.
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
5 Yea / 50 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 44 senators
44 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Lindsey Graham (Republican–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 50
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- 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)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- 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)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 50
- 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)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- 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 (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Other Votes on S.Con.Res. 18
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Vote #45 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 143 to S.Con.Res. 18 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (44-49) Mar 14, 2005
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Vote #46 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 152 to S.Con.Res. 18 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (100-0) Mar 15, 2005
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Vote #47 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 144 to S.Con.Res. 18 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (45-55) Mar 15, 2005
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Vote #48 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 150 to S.Con.Res. 18 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (56-43) Mar 15, 2005
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Vote #50 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 147 to S.Con.Res. 18 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (46-54) Mar 15, 2005
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Vote #51 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 158 to S.Con.Res. 18 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (46-52) Mar 16, 2005
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Vote #52 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 168 to S.Con.Res. 18 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (49-51) Mar 16, 2005
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Vote #53 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 186 to S.Con.Res. 18 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (50-50) Mar 16, 2005
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Vote #54 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 171 to S.Con.Res. 18 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (96-4) Mar 16, 2005
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Vote #55 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 149 to S.Con.Res. 18 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (47-53) Mar 16, 2005
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).