Roll Call Vote #162 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Apr 23, 2009, 11:47 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 986 to S. 386 (FERA) (S. 386)
Amendment S.Amdt. 986 (To limit the amount that may be deducted from proceeds due to the United States under the False Claims Act for purposes of compensating private intervenors to the greater of $50,000,000 or 300 percent of the expenses and costs of the intervenor.)
Amendment Rejected (31-61)
31 Yea
61 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
1 Yea / 51 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 41 senators
30 Yea / 9 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 2 senators
0 Yea / 1 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mike Crapo (Republican–ID) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lindsey Graham (Republican–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Chuck Grassley (Republican–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mike Johanns (Republican–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mel Martinez (Republican–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jim Risch (Republican–ID) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
George Voinovich (Republican–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 31
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Nay 61
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 7
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Other Votes on S. 386
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Vote #160 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 985 to S. 386 (FERA)Amendment Agreed to (94-1) Apr 22, 2009
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Vote #161 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 995 to S. 386 (FERA)Amendment Agreed to (92-4) Apr 22, 2009
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Vote #170 On the Cloture Motion S. 386Cloture Motion Agreed to (84-4, 3/5 majority required) Apr 27, 2009
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Vote #171 On Passage of the Bill S. 386Bill Passed (92-4) Apr 28, 2009
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).