Roll Call Vote #50 · 109th Congress · Session 2 · Mar 15, 2006, 4:51 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3004 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file) (S.Con.Res. 83)
Amendment S.Amdt. 3004 (To ensure that any savings associated with legislation that authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use the collective purchasing power of 40,000,000 Medicare beneficiaries to negotiate the best possible prices for prescription drugs provided through part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act in fallback plans, by private drug plans (if asked) and in …
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…other circumstances, but not permitting a uniform formulary or price setting, is reserved for deficit reduction of to improve the Medicare drug benefit.)
Amendment Agreed to (54-44)
54 Yea
44 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
12 Yea / 42 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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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lincoln Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Lindsey Graham (Republican–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Gordon Smith (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 54
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- 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)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- 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 (AK)
- 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)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 44
- 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)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- John Sununu (NH)
- James Talent (MO)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 2
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
Other Votes on S.Con.Res. 83
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Vote #38 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3013 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (50-50) Mar 14, 2006
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Vote #39 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3028 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (50-50) Mar 14, 2006
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Vote #40 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2999 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (100-0) Mar 14, 2006
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Vote #41 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3007 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (46-54) Mar 14, 2006
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Vote #42 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3039 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (46-54) Mar 14, 2006
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Vote #43 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3063 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (45-53) Mar 15, 2006
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Vote #44 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3050 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (60-38) Mar 15, 2006
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Vote #45 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3056 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (43-55) Mar 15, 2006
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Vote #46 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3061 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (90-8) Mar 15, 2006
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Vote #47 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3054 to S.Con.Res. 83 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (43-53) Mar 15, 2006
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).