Roll Call Vote #36 · 111th Congress · Session 2 · Mar 3, 2010, 6:28 PM (ET)
On the Motion (Motion to Waive Sec. 403 of S.Con.Res. 13, 111th Congress, re: Sanders Amdt. No. 3353 As Modified)
Amendment S.Amdt. 3353 (To provide an emergency benefit of $250 to seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment for such year, and for other purposes.)
Motion Rejected (47-50, 3/5 majority required)
47 Yea
50 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 40 senators
32 Yea / 8 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 30 senators
1 Yea / 26 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Evan Bayh (Democrat–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Carl Levin (Democrat–MI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Claire McCaskill (Democrat–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Udall (Democrat–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 47
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Bob Casey
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 50
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Michael Bennet
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Tom Carper
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- George LeMieux (FL)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune
- Mark Udall (CO)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Mark Warner
- Roger Wicker
Not Voting 3
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).