Roll Call Vote #63 · 110th Congress · Session 2 · Mar 13, 2008, 5:28 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4240 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file) (S.Con.Res. 70)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4240 (To require wealthy Medicare beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their Medicare Part D premiums.)
Amendment Rejected (42-56)
42 Yea
56 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 49 senators
2 Yea / 46 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 49 senators
40 Yea / 8 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 2 senators
0 Yea / 2 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Tom Carper (Democrat–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) 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 -
Gordon Smith (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Roger Wicker (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 42
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 56
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 2
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
Other Votes on S.Con.Res. 70
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Vote #42 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4160 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (99-1) Mar 13, 2008
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Vote #43 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4170 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (47-52) Mar 13, 2008
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Vote #44 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4190 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (53-46) Mar 13, 2008
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Vote #45 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4189 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (49-50) Mar 13, 2008
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Vote #47 On the Motion to Reconsider S.Amdt. 4189 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on fi…Motion to Reconsider Agreed to (50-50, Vice President voted Yea) Mar 13, 2008
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Vote #48 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4189 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (49-51) Mar 13, 2008
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Vote #49 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4196 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (38-62) Mar 13, 2008
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Vote #50 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4191 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (50-50) Mar 13, 2008
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Vote #51 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4204 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (53-46) Mar 13, 2008
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Vote #52 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4192 to S.Con.Res. 70 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (47-53) Mar 13, 2008
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).