Roll Call Vote #257 · 110th Congress · Session 1 · Jul 19, 2007, 6:31 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2333 to S.Amdt. 2327 to H.R. 2669 (College Cost Reduction Act of 2007) (H.R. 2669)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2333 (To strike the provisions relating to loan forgiveness for public service employees.)
Amendment Rejected (42-55)
42 Yea
55 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 49 senators
0 Yea / 47 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 49 senators
42 Yea / 6 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 2 senators
0 Yea / 2 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Norm Coleman (Republican–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Gordon Smith (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 42
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- 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)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 55
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 3
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Barack Obama (IL)
Other Votes on H.R. 2669
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Vote #253 On the Motion to Proceed H.R. 2669Motion to Proceed Agreed to (49-48) Jul 18, 2007
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Vote #254 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2329 to S.Amdt. 2327 to H.R. 2669 (College Cost Reduct…Amendment Agreed to (73-24) Jul 19, 2007
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Vote #255 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2330 to S.Amdt. 2327 to H.R. 2669 (College Cost Reduct…Amendment Agreed to (52-45) Jul 19, 2007
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Vote #256 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2337 to S.Amdt. 2327 to H.R. 2669 (College Cost Reduct…Amendment Rejected (35-62) Jul 19, 2007
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Vote #259 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2351 to S.Amdt. 2327 to H.R. 2669 (College Cost Reduct…Amendment Agreed to (94-3) Jul 19, 2007
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Vote #272 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 2669Bill Passed (78-18) Jul 20, 2007
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Vote #326 On the Conference Report H.R. 2669Conference Report Agreed to (79-12) Sep 7, 2007
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).