Roll Call Vote #71 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 26, 2009, 2:30 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 573 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009)
Amendment S.Amdt. 573 (To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.)
Amendment Agreed to (87-11)
87 Yea
11 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 40 senators
31 Yea / 8 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 29 senators
29 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tim Johnson (Democrat–SD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Kerry (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 87
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Dick Durbin
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Roger Wicker
- Ron Wyden
Nay 11
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Jack Reed
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Sheldon Whitehouse
Not Voting 1
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).