Roll Call Vote #152 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Apr 2, 2009, 10:38 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 828 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file)
Amendment S.Amdt. 828 (To protect the freedom of conscience for patients and the right of health care providers to serve patients without violating their moral and religious convictions.)
Amendment Rejected (41-56)
41 Yea
56 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 40 senators
2 Yea / 36 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
28 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 41
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- 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)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- 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
- Lisa Murkowski
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 56
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- 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
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 2
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).