Roll Call Vote #118 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 31, 2009, 3:20 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 739 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file) (S.Con.Res. 13)
Amendment S.Amdt. 739 (To prohibit the consideration of any budget resolution, or amendment thereto, or conference report thereon, that shows an increase in the public debt, for the period of the current fiscal year through the next 10 years, equal to or greater than the debt accumulated from 1789 to January 20, 2009.)
Amendment Rejected (43-54)
43 Yea
54 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
2 Yea / 52 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 41 senators
41 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 2 senators
0 Yea / 2 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jon Tester (Democrat–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 43
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Nay 54
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- 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)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 2
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
Other Votes on S.Con.Res. 13
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Vote #116 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 749 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (54-43) Mar 31, 2009
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Vote #117 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 731 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (89-8) Mar 31, 2009
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Vote #119 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 747 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (43-55) Apr 1, 2009
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Vote #120 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 772 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (40-58) Apr 1, 2009
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Vote #121 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 804 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (98-0) Apr 1, 2009
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Vote #122 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 806 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (82-16) Apr 1, 2009
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Vote #123 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 835 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (44-54) Apr 1, 2009
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Vote #124 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 844 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (43-55) Apr 1, 2009
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Vote #126 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 735 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (67-31) Apr 1, 2009
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Vote #127 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 793 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (44-54) Apr 1, 2009
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).