Roll Call Vote #222 · 111th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 29, 2010, 4:53 PM (ET)
On the Motion (Motion to Instruct the Sgt. At Arms) (H.R. 5297)
An act to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes
Motion Agreed to (70-23)
70 Yea
23 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 40 senators
40 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 30 senators
11 Yea / 13 Nay
6 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Scott Brown (Republican–MA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Burr (Republican–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Corker (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Ensign (Republican–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Johnny Isakson (Republican–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
George Voinovich (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 70
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- William Cochran (MS)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- John Ensign (NV)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Carte Goodwin (WV)
- Chuck Grassley
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- 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)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- 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
Nay 23
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Susan Collins
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Lindsey Graham
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- George LeMieux (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker
Not Voting 7
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Patty Murray
Other Votes on H.R. 5297
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Vote #202 On the Motion (Motion to Invoke cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 5297)Motion Agreed to (66-33, 3/5 majority required) Jun 29, 2010
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Vote #234 On the Motion (Grassley Motion to Suspend Rule XXII)Motion Rejected (41-58, 2/3 majority required) Sep 16, 2010
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Vote #235 On the Motion (Hatch Motion to Suspend Rule XXII)Motion Rejected (51-48, 2/3 majority required) Sep 16, 2010
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Vote #236 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 5297Cloture Motion Agreed to (61-38, 3/5 majority required) Sep 16, 2010
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Vote #237 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 5297Bill Passed (61-38) Sep 16, 2010
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).