Roll Call Vote #47 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 5, 2009, 5:29 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 189 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) (H.R. 1)
Amendment S.Amdt. 189 (To allow the free exercise of religion at institutions of higher education that receive funding under section 803 of division A.)
Amendment Rejected (43-54)
43 Yea
54 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
4 Yea / 51 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 41 senators
38 Yea / 2 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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Evan Bayh (Democrat–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joseph Lieberman (Independent–CT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 43
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- 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)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Nay 54
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- 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)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 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 #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 #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 ↗).