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Roll Call Vote #297 · 111th Congress · Session 2 · Dec 21, 2010, 8:51 PM (ET)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4893 to Treaty Doc. 111-5

Amendment S.Amdt. 4893 (To provide that the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification of the New START Treaty is subject to an understanding regarding the non-use of covers by the Russian Federation that tend to interfere with Type One inspections and accurate warhead counting, is subject to the United States and the Russian Federation reaching an agreement regarding access and monitoring, and is subject to a certification that the Russian Federation has agreed that it will not deny telemetric exchanges on new ballistic missile systems it deploys during the duration of the Treaty.)

Amendment Rejected (30-63)
30 Yea
63 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Democrat 37 senators

0 Yea / 35 Nay

2 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Republican 31 senators

21 Yea / 6 Nay

4 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Independent Democrat 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Independent 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 30

Nay 63

Not Voting 7

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).