Roll Call Vote #165 · 110th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 9, 2008, 12:20 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5059 to H.R. 6304 (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978)
Amendment S.Amdt. 5059 (To limit retroactive immunity for providing assistance to the United States to instances in which a Federal court determines the assistance was provided in connection with an intelligence activity that was constitutional.)
Amendment Rejected (37-61, 3/5 majority required)
37 Yea
61 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 38 senators
25 Yea / 12 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 38 senators
0 Yea / 37 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Evan Bayh (Democrat–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tim Johnson (Democrat–SD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Blanche Lincoln (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Barbara Mikulski (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bill Nelson (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kenneth Salazar (Democrat–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 37
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Bob Casey
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Patty Murray
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 61
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Barrasso
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Tom Carper
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Roger Wicker
Not Voting 2
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).