Roll Call Vote #54 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 6, 2009, 10:27 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 297 to S.Amdt. 98 to H.R. 1 (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009)
Amendment S.Amdt. 297 (To provide the same temporary increase in the FMAP for all States and to permit States to choose the period through June 2011 for receiving the increase.)
Amendment Rejected (47-49)
47 Yea
49 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 39 senators
10 Yea / 28 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
25 Yea / 2 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 -
John Ensign (Republican–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Blanche Lincoln (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mel Martinez (Republican–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Tom Udall (Democrat–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 47
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- John Thune
- Tom Udall (NM)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 49
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Dick Durbin
- John Ensign (NV)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kaufman
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 3
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).