Roll Call Vote #153 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Apr 2, 2009, 10:59 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 937 to S.Con.Res. 13 (No short title on file)
Amendment S.Amdt. 937 (To require States to implement drug testing programs for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which would encourage healthy, drug-free families instead of encouraging dependent behavior or on-going drug abuse.)
How the Parties Voted
0 Yea / 38 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
12 Yea / 17 Nay
Majority position: Nay
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Sam Brownback (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Bunning (Republican–KY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Burr (Republican–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Saxby Chambliss (Republican–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Thomas Coburn (Republican–OK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James DeMint (Republican–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Ensign (Republican–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Michael Enzi (Republican–WY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Inhofe (Republican–OK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Johnny Isakson (Republican–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jon Kyl (Republican–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
David Vitter (Republican–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 18
- John Barrasso
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Chuck Grassley
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jim Risch
- David Vitter (LA)
Nay 79
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- 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)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger Wicker
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 2
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).