Roll Call Vote #44 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 4, 2009, 8:27 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 279 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) (H.R. 1)
Amendment S.Amdt. 279 (To prohibit the applicability of Buy American requirements in the Act to the utilization of funds provided by the Act.)
Amendment Rejected (31-65)
31 Yea
65 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
0 Yea / 55 Nay
1 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
1 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Sam Brownback (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Burr (Republican–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) 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 -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Joseph Lieberman (Independent–CT) 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 -
David Vitter (Republican–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 31
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune (SD)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Nay 65
- 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)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- 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)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- 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)
- 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)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 3
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
Other Votes on H.R. 1
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Vote #34 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 109 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Rei…Amendment Agreed to (52-45) Feb 3, 2009
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Vote #37 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 179 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Rei…Amendment Rejected (32-65) Feb 4, 2009
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Vote #39 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 238 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Rei…Amendment Rejected (35-62) Feb 4, 2009
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Vote #46 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 140 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Rei…Amendment Rejected (32-65) Feb 5, 2009
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Vote #47 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 189 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Rei…Amendment Rejected (43-54) Feb 5, 2009
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Vote #51 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 309 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Rei…Amendment Agreed to (73-24) Feb 6, 2009
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Vote #52 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 176 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Rei…Amendment Agreed to (97-0) Feb 6, 2009
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Vote #53 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 501 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Rei…Amendment Rejected (39-57) Feb 6, 2009
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Vote #54 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 297 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Rei…Amendment Rejected (47-49) Feb 6, 2009
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Vote #56 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 107 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Rei…Amendment Rejected (45-51) Feb 6, 2009
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).