Roll Call Vote #131 · 110th Congress · Session 2 · May 15, 2008, 5:41 PM (ET)
On the Motion (Gregg Motion to Instruct Conferees (Tax Increase) re: S. Con. Res. 70) (S.Con.Res. 70)
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
Motion Rejected (44-51)
44 Yea
51 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 38 senators
1 Yea / 35 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 38 senators
33 Yea / 2 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
George Voinovich (Republican–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 44
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Barrasso
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- John Warner (VA)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 51
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- 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)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 5
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Barack Obama (IL)
Other Votes on S.Con.Res. 70
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Vote #85 On the Concurrent Resolution S.Con.Res. 70Concurrent Resolution Agreed to (51-44) Mar 14, 2008
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Vote #132 On the Motion (Boxer Motion to Instruct Conferees (China - India) re: S. Con. R…Motion Agreed to (55-40) May 15, 2008
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Vote #133 On the Motion (DeMint Motion to Instruct Conferees (China - India) re: S. Con. …Motion Rejected (34-61) May 15, 2008
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Vote #134 On the Motion (Vitter Motion to Instruct Conferees (OCS) re: S. Con. Res. 70)Motion Rejected (44-51) May 15, 2008
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Vote #135 On the Motion (Gregg Motion to Instruct Conferees (Discretionary Spending) re: …Motion Rejected (47-48) May 15, 2008
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Vote #142 On the Conference Report S.Con.Res. 70Conference Report Agreed to (48-45) Jun 4, 2008
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).