Roll Call Vote #9 · 109th Congress · Session 2 · Feb 2, 2006, 9:19 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2705 to S.Amdt. 2707 to H.R. 4297 (Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2705 (To express the sense of the Senate that protecting middle-class families from the alternative minimum tax should be a higher priority for Congress in 2006 than extending a tax cut that does not expire until the end of 2008.)
Amendment Agreed to (73-24)
73 Yea
24 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 46 senators
23 Yea / 21 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 37 senators
36 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Lamar Alexander (Republican–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
George Allen (Republican–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Sam Brownback (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Burr (Republican–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Saxby Chambliss (Republican–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Thomas Coburn (Republican–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Larry Craig (Republican–ID) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James DeMint (Republican–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Elizabeth Dole (Republican–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Ensign (Republican–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Michael Enzi (Republican–WY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Frist (Republican–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Judd Gregg (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Inhofe (Republican–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Johnny Isakson (Republican–GA) 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 -
Pat Roberts (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jeff Sessions, III (Republican–AL) 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 73
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- 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)
- 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)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- James Talent (MO)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 24
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- George Allen (VA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- John Sununu (NH)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
Not Voting 3
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).