Roll Call Vote #177 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · May 4, 2009, 5:57 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1017 to S.Amdt. 1018 to S. 896 (Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009) (S. 896)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1017 (To provide that the primary and foundational responsibility of the Federal Housing Administration shall be to safeguard and preserve the solvency of the Administration.)
Amendment Rejected (36-56)
36 Yea
56 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 57 senators
0 Yea / 53 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 40 senators
36 Yea / 1 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 2 senators
0 Yea / 2 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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George Voinovich (Republican–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 36
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- 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)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Nay 56
- 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)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- 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)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- 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
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
Other Votes on S. 896
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Vote #174 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1014 to S. 896 (Helping Families Save Their Homes Act …Amendment Rejected (45-51, 3/5 majority required) Apr 30, 2009
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Vote #176 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1016 to S.Amdt. 1018 to S. 896 (Helping Families Save …Amendment Rejected (39-53) May 4, 2009
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Vote #178 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1019 to S.Amdt. 1018 to S. 896 (Helping Families Save …Amendment Rejected (31-63) May 5, 2009
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Vote #179 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1030 to S.Amdt. 1018 to S. 896 (Helping Families Save …Amendment Rejected (47-48) May 5, 2009
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Vote #180 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1043 to S.Amdt. 1038 to S.Amdt. 1018 to S. 896Amendment Agreed to (96-0) May 5, 2009
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Vote #181 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1026 to S.Amdt. 1018 to S. 896 (Helping Families Save …Amendment Rejected (36-59) May 5, 2009
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Vote #182 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1036 to S.Amdt. 1018 to S. 896 (Helping Families Save …Amendment Agreed to (57-39) May 6, 2009
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Vote #184 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1021 to S.Amdt. 1018 to S. 896 (Helping Families Save …Amendment Agreed to (95-1) May 6, 2009
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Vote #185 On Passage of the Bill S. 896Bill Passed (91-5) May 6, 2009
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).