Roll Call Vote #135 · 110th Congress · Session 2 · May 15, 2008, 7:18 PM (ET)
On the Motion (Gregg Motion to Instruct Conferees (Discretionary Spending) 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 (47-48)
47 Yea
48 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 38 senators
2 Yea / 34 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 38 senators
34 Yea / 1 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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Evan Bayh (Democrat–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 47
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Barrasso
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- 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)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 48
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- 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)
- 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)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- 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 #131 On the Motion (Gregg Motion to Instruct Conferees (Tax Increase) re: S. Con. Re…Motion Rejected (44-51) May 15, 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 #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 ↗).