Roll Call Vote #79 · 109th Congress · Session 2 · Mar 28, 2006, 5:55 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.
How the Parties Voted
36 Yea / 10 Nay
Majority position: Yea
30 Yea / 5 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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James Bunning (Republican–KY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Thomas Coburn (Republican–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Dayton (Democrat–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Ensign (Republican–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Kerry (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jon Kyl (Republican–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Barack Obama (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Rick Santorum (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jeff Sessions, III (Republican–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Sununu (Republican–NH) 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 81
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- James Talent (MO)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- John Thune
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 16
- James Bunning (KY)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- John Sununu (NH)
- David Vitter (LA)
Not Voting 3
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Lindsey Graham
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Other Votes on S. 2349
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).