Roll Call Vote #132 · 109th Congress · Session 2 · May 18, 2006, 5:31 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4073 to S. 2611 (Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4073 (To declare that English is the common and unifying language of the United States, and to preserve and enhance the role of the English language.)
Amendment Agreed to (58-39)
58 Yea
39 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 46 senators
10 Yea / 34 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 37 senators
36 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Sam Brownback (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Lincoln Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Norm Coleman (Republican–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Chuck Hagel (Republican–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
George Voinovich (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Warner (Republican–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 58
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- 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)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 39
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mitch McConnell
- 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
- David Vitter (LA)
Not Voting 3
- James Bunning (KY)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).