Roll Call Vote #257 · 109th Congress · Session 2 · Sep 28, 2006, 4:55 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5104 to S. 3930 (Military Commissions Act of 2006) (S. 3930)
Amendment S.Amdt. 5104 (To prohibit the establishment of new military commissions after December 31, 2011.)
Amendment Rejected (47-52)
47 Yea
52 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
2 Yea / 52 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 44 senators
44 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Lincoln Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 47
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- 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)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- 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)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- 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)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- 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)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 52
- 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)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- 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 (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 1
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
Other Votes on S. 3930
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Vote #254 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5086 to S. 3930 (Military Commissions Act of 2006)Amendment Rejected (43-54) Sep 27, 2006
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Vote #255 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5087 to S. 3930 (Military Commissions Act of 2006)Amendment Rejected (48-51) Sep 28, 2006
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Vote #256 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5095 to S. 3930 (Military Commissions Act of 2006)Amendment Rejected (46-53) Sep 28, 2006
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Vote #258 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5088 to S. 3930 (Military Commissions Act of 2006)Amendment Rejected (46-53) Sep 28, 2006
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Vote #259 On Passage of the Bill S. 3930Bill Passed (65-34) Sep 28, 2006
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).