Roll Call Vote #247 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Jul 29, 2009, 5:59 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1884 to S.Amdt. 1813 to H.R. 3183 (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1884 (To prohibit no bid contracts by requiring the use of competitive procedures to award contracts and grants funded under this Act.)
Amendment Rejected (26-71)
26 Yea
71 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 41 senators
2 Yea / 36 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
16 Yea / 13 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Lamar Alexander (Republican–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Bennett (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kit Bond (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Sam Brownback (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Judd Gregg (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Claire McCaskill (Democrat–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Pat Roberts (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) 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 26
- John Barrasso
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Tom Carper
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Jim Risch
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
Nay 71
- 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
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Bob Casey
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- 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)
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- 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
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger Wicker
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 3
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).