Roll Call Vote #36 · 109th Congress · Session 2 · Mar 9, 2006, 2:03 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S. 2349 (S. 2349)
To provide greater transparency with respect to lobbying activities, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 must register as political committees, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Rejected (51-47, 2/3 majority required)
51 Yea
47 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
51 Yea / 3 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 44 senators
0 Yea / 43 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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William Frist (Republican–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Talent (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Vitter (Republican–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 51
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- 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)
- 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)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- John Thune (SD)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 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)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- 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)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- James Talent (MO)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 2
- James Bunning (KY)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
Other Votes on S. 2349
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Vote #35 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2932 to S. 2349 (527 Reform Act of 2006)Amendment Rejected (44-55) Mar 8, 2006
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Vote #77 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3176 to S.Amdt. 2944 to S. 2349 (527 Reform Act of 200…Amendment Rejected (30-67) Mar 28, 2006
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Vote #78 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2944 to S. 2349 (527 Reform Act of 2006)Amendment Agreed to (84-13) Mar 28, 2006
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Vote #79 On the Cloture Motion S. 2349Cloture Motion Agreed to (81-16, 2/3 majority required) Mar 28, 2006
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Vote #80 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2962 to S. 2349 (527 Reform Act of 2006)Motion to Table Agreed to (68-30) Mar 29, 2006
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Vote #81 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2980 to S. 2349 (527 Reform Act of 2006)Motion to Table Agreed to (57-41) Mar 29, 2006
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Vote #82 On Passage of the Bill S. 2349Bill Passed (90-8) Mar 29, 2006
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).