Roll Call Vote #70 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 26, 2009, 2:04 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 591 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009) (S. 160)
Amendment S.Amdt. 591 (To encourage and promote diversity in communication media ownership, and to ensure that the public airwaves are used in the public interest.)
Amendment Agreed to (57-41)
57 Yea
41 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
55 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 41 senators
0 Yea / 41 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent 2 senators
2 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
No senators voted against their party's majority on this vote.
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 57
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- 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)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- 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)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 41
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Not Voting 1
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
Other Votes on S. 160
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Vote #65 On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 160Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (62-34, 3/5 majority required) Feb 24, 2009
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Vote #67 On the Point of Order S. 160Point of Order Not Well Taken (36-62) Feb 25, 2009
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Vote #68 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 581 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Right…Amendment Rejected (7-91) Feb 25, 2009
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Vote #69 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 585 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Right…Amendment Rejected (30-67) Feb 26, 2009
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Vote #71 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 573 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Right…Amendment Agreed to (87-11) Feb 26, 2009
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Vote #72 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 575 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Right…Amendment Agreed to (62-36) Feb 26, 2009
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Vote #73 On Passage of the Bill S. 160Bill Passed (61-37, 3/5 majority required) Feb 26, 2009
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).