Roll Call Vote #74 · 109th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 17, 2005, 6:27 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 241 to S.Con.Res. 18 (No short title on file)
Amendment S.Amdt. 241 (To repeal the 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits.)
Amendment Agreed to (55-45)
55 Yea
45 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 46 senators
41 Yea / 5 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 37 senators
6 Yea / 31 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Lincoln Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bill Nelson (Democrat–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kenneth Salazar (Democrat–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
George Voinovich (Republican–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 55
- 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)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- 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)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- John Sununu (NH)
- James Talent (MO)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 45
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- 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)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Ron Wyden
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).