Roll Call Vote #246 · 109th Congress · Session 2 · Sep 13, 2006, 4:32 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4999 to H.R. 4954 (Security and Accountability For Every Port Act or the SAFE Port Act) (H.R. 4954)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4999 (To improve the security of cargo containers destined for the United States.)
Amendment Rejected (43-55)
43 Yea
55 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
1 Yea / 53 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 44 senators
41 Yea / 2 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Talent (Republican–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 43
- 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)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- 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)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- 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)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- James Talent (MO)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 2
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
Other Votes on H.R. 4954
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Vote #240 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4921 to H.R. 4954 (Security and Accountability For Eve…Amendment Agreed to (95-0) Sep 12, 2006
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Vote #241 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4940 to H.R. 4954 (Security and Accountability For Eve…Amendment Agreed to (85-12) Sep 12, 2006
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Vote #242 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4931 to H.R. 4954 (Security and Accountability For Eve…Amendment Agreed to (97-0) Sep 12, 2006
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Vote #245 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4982 to H.R. 4954 (Security and Accountability For Eve…Amendment Agreed to (95-3) Sep 13, 2006
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Vote #247 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 4954Cloture Motion Agreed to (98-0, 3/5 majority required) Sep 14, 2006
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Vote #248 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4930 to H.R. 4954 (Security and Accountability F…Motion to Table Agreed to (61-37) Sep 14, 2006
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Vote #249 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 4954Bill Passed (98-0) Sep 14, 2006
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).