Roll Call Vote #112 · 110th Congress · Session 2 · Apr 24, 2008, 12:39 PM (ET)
On Passage of the Bill S. 1315 (S. 1315)
An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance veterans' insurance and housing benefits, to improve benefits and services for transitioning servicemembers, and for other purposes.
Bill Passed (96-1)
96 Yea
1 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 49 senators
48 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 49 senators
46 Yea / 1 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 2 senators
2 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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David Vitter (Republican–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 96
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- 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)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- John Thune (SD)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 1
- David Vitter (LA)
Not Voting 3
- James DeMint (SC)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Barack Obama (IL)
Other Votes on S. 1315
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Vote #109 On the Cloture Motion S. 1315Cloture Motion Agreed to (94-0, 3/5 majority required) Apr 22, 2008
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Vote #111 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4572 to S. 1315 (Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of…Amendment Rejected (41-56) Apr 24, 2008
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).