Roll Call Vote #69 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 26, 2009, 10:31 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 585 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009)
Amendment S.Amdt. 585 (To provide for the retrocession of the District of Columbia to the State of Maryland, and for other purposes.)
Amendment Rejected (30-67)
30 Yea
67 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 40 senators
1 Yea / 38 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
20 Yea / 8 Nay
1 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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Sam Brownback (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Ensign (Republican–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Judd Gregg (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mike Johanns (Republican–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tim Johnson (Democrat–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jeff Sessions, III (Republican–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
George Voinovich (Republican–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 30
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 67
- 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)
- 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
- John Ensign (NV)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 2
- Bob Corker (TN)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).