Roll Call Vote #46 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 5, 2009, 5:03 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 140 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) (H.R. 1)
Amendment S.Amdt. 140 (To provide greater accountability of taxpayers' dollars by curtailing congressional earmarking and requiring disclosure of lobbying by recipients of Federal funds.)
Amendment Rejected (32-65)
32 Yea
65 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
5 Yea / 50 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 41 senators
26 Yea / 14 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 2 senators
1 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 -
Evan Bayh (Democrat–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 -
James Bunning (Republican–KY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Maria Cantwell (Democrat–WA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ted Kaufman (Democrat–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joseph Lieberman (Independent–CT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 -
Mitch McConnell (Republican–KY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
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 -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Roger Wicker (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 32
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
Nay 65
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 2
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
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 #44 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 279 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Rei…Amendment Rejected (31-65) Feb 4, 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 ↗).