Roll Call Vote #126 · 109th Congress · Session 2 · May 17, 2006, 2:30 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3979 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006)
Amendment S.Amdt. 3979 (To increase the amount of fencing and improve vehicle barriers installed along the southwest border of the United States.)
Amendment Agreed to (83-16)
83 Yea
16 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 46 senators
46 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 37 senators
26 Yea / 10 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
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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Daniel Akaka (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ted Kennedy (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Frank Lautenberg (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Menendez (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Barack Obama (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Paul Sarbanes (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 83
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Chuck Schumer
- 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)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 16
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Maria Cantwell
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Patty Murray
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Jack Reed
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
Not Voting 1
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).