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)
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 39 senators
0 Yea / 38 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
22 Yea / 5 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
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 -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) 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
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- 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
- Lisa Murkowski
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune
- Roger Wicker
Nay 65
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kaufman
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- 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
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 3
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).