Roll Call Vote #21 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Jan 28, 2009, 2:43 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 75 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009) (H.R. 2)
Amendment S.Amdt. 75 (To prohibit CHIP coverage for higher income children and to prohibit any payments to a State from its CHIP allotments for any fiscal year quarter in which the State Medicaid income eligibility level for children is greater than the income eligibility level for children under CHIP.)
Amendment Rejected (36-60)
36 Yea
60 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
1 Yea / 53 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 41 senators
35 Yea / 5 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 2 senators
0 Yea / 2 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Kit Bond (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) 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)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- 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)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Nay 60
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- 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)
- 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)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- 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)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 3
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
Other Votes on H.R. 2
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Vote #16 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 43 to S.Amdt. 39 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health In…Motion to Table Agreed to (60-37) Jan 27, 2009
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Vote #18 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 40 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reau…Amendment Rejected (32-65) Jan 28, 2009
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Vote #19 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 65 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reau…Amendment Rejected (37-60) Jan 28, 2009
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Vote #20 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 67 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Progra…Motion to Table Agreed to (64-33) Jan 28, 2009
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Vote #22 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 46 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reau…Amendment Rejected (42-56) Jan 28, 2009
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Vote #23 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 77 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reau…Amendment Rejected (47-51) Jan 28, 2009
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Vote #24 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 47 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reau…Amendment Rejected (36-62) Jan 29, 2009
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Vote #25 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 74 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Progra…Motion to Table Agreed to (54-44) Jan 29, 2009
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Vote #26 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 80 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reau…Amendment Rejected (39-59) Jan 29, 2009
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Vote #27 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 85 to H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reau…Amendment Rejected (40-58) Jan 29, 2009
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).