Roll Call Vote #192 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · May 13, 2009, 4:51 PM (ET)
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA Re: Gregg Amdt. No. 1085)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1085 (To enhance public knowledge regarding the national debt by requiring the publication of the facts about the national debt on IRS instructions, Federal websites, and in new legislation.)
Motion Rejected (59-35, 3/5 majority required)
59 Yea
35 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 40 senators
15 Yea / 21 Nay
4 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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Evan Bayh (Democrat–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Barbara Boxer (Democrat–CA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Benjamin Cardin (Democrat–MD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) 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 -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kay Hagan (Democrat–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Blanche Lincoln (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Claire McCaskill (Democrat–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 -
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
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 59
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Michael Bennet
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- 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)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- John Thune
- Mark Udall (CO)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 35
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Sherrod Brown
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Dick Durbin
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 5
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).