Roll Call Vote #77 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 4, 2009, 3:20 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009)
Amendment S.Amdt. 596 (To require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements funded under this Act.)
Amendment Rejected (38-57)
38 Yea
57 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 40 senators
6 Yea / 32 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
22 Yea / 5 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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Evan Bayh (Democrat–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kit Bond (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kay Hagan (Democrat–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Claire McCaskill (Democrat–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jim Webb (Democrat–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 38
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
Nay 57
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- 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
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger Wicker
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 4
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).