Roll Call Vote #8 · 109th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 10, 2005, 12:45 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 12 to S. 5 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) (S. 5)
Amendment S.Amdt. 12 (To establish time limits for action by Federal district courts on motions to remand cases that have been removed to Federal court.)
Amendment Rejected (37-61)
37 Yea
61 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
0 Yea / 53 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 44 senators
36 Yea / 8 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Evan Bayh (Democrat–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Maria Cantwell (Democrat–WA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Chuck Schumer (Democrat–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 37
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 61
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- James Talent (MO)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 2
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John Sununu (NH)
Other Votes on S. 5
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Vote #5 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5 to S. 5 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)Motion to Table Agreed to (60-39) Feb 9, 2005
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Vote #6 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2 to S. 5 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)Amendment Rejected (40-59) Feb 9, 2005
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Vote #7 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4 to S. 5 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)Amendment Rejected (38-61) Feb 9, 2005
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Vote #9 On Passage of the Bill S. 5Bill Passed (72-26) Feb 10, 2005
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).