To provide enhanced unemployment compensation benefits.

On Jan 29, 2002, the Senate voted 57–35 on “On the Motion” (HR 622). Result: Motion Rejected. By party: Democrats 46–1, Republicans 10–34, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 members voted against their own party.

During the 107th Congress (2001–2002), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held the House majority, while the Senate was split evenly.

Result: Motion Rejected
Yes: 57
No: 35
Did not vote: 10
Date: Jan 29, 2002

By party

Republicans10 yes · 34 no · 6 didn’t vote
Democrats46 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted yes
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO voted yes
Zell Bryan Miller D-GA voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
George Victor Voinovich R-OH voted yes
Michael Dewine R-OH voted yes
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted yes
Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
John William Warner R-VA voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Zell Bryan Miller D-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
Jesse Helms R-NC
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
William H. Frist R-TN
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
George Allen R-VA
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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