Roll Call Vote #248 · 109th Congress · Session 2 · Sep 14, 2006, 4:02 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4930 to H.R. 4954 (Security and Accountability For Every Port Act or the SAFE Port Act) (H.R. 4954)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4930 (To improve maritime container security by ensuring that foreign ports participating in the Container Security Initiative scan all containers shipped to the United States for nuclear and radiological weapons before loading.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (61-37)
61 Yea
37 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
53 Yea / 1 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 44 senators
8 Yea / 35 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Maria Cantwell (Democrat–WA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Patty Murray (Democrat–WA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Talent (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ron Wyden (Democrat–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 61
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- 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)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- 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)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- 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)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 37
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- 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)
- 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)
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 #246 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4999 to H.R. 4954 (Security and Accountability For Eve…Amendment Rejected (43-55) 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 #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 ↗).