Roll Call Vote #179 · 112th Congress · Session 1 · Oct 20, 2011, 10:48 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 917 to S.Amdt. 857 to S.Amdt. 738 to H.R. 2112
Amendment S.Amdt. 917 (To reestablish the maximum aggregate amount permitted to be provided by the taxpayers to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.)
Amendment Rejected (41-57, 3/5 majority required)
41 Yea
57 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
0 Yea / 30 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 29 senators
23 Yea / 5 Nay
1 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
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Roy Blunt (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Scott Brown (Republican–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Saxby Chambliss (Republican–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dean Heller (Republican–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Johnny Isakson (Republican–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 41
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- John Barrasso
- John Boozman
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- John Hoeven
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mike Lee
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker
Nay 57
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Dean Heller (NV)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- 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)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 1
- Jim Webb (VA)
Present 1
- Richard Burr (NC)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).