Roll Call Vote #179 · 110th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 16, 2008, 5:05 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5081 to S. 2731 (Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008)
Amendment S.Amdt. 5081 (To strike the provision requiring the development of coordinated oversight plans and to establish an independent Inspector General at the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator.)
Amendment Rejected (44-51)
44 Yea
51 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 38 senators
3 Yea / 32 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 38 senators
30 Yea / 6 Nay
2 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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Bob Bennett (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Chuck Hagel (Republican–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mel Martinez (Republican–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Claire McCaskill (Democrat–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 44
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Barrasso
- 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
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- John Sununu (NH)
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 51
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- 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
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- 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
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 5
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- John Warner (VA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).