Roll Call Vote #90 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 10, 2009, 4:18 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 673 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009)
Amendment S.Amdt. 673 (To prevent collection of excessive contingency legal fees by lawyers hired to protect the public interest.)
Amendment Rejected (32-64)
32 Yea
64 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 40 senators
0 Yea / 39 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
24 Yea / 4 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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Bob Bennett (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mel Martinez (Republican–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 32
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 64
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Mike Crapo
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Lindsey Graham
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- 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)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jim Risch
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 3
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).