Roll Call Vote #145 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Apr 2, 2009, 7:41 PM (ET)
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA re: Wicker Amdt. No. 798)
Amendment S.Amdt. 798 (To ensure that law abiding Amtrak passengers are allowed to securely transport firearms in their checked baggage.)
Motion Agreed to (63-35, 3/5 majority required)
63 Yea
35 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 40 senators
18 Yea / 21 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
29 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Evan Bayh (Democrat–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Begich (Democrat–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kay Hagan (Democrat–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Tim Johnson (Democrat–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Blanche Lincoln (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Udall (Democrat–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Tom Udall (Democrat–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jim Webb (Democrat–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 63
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Bob Casey
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Bernie Sanders
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 35
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Chuck Schumer
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Mark Warner
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 1
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).