Senate roll call 435 · 107th Congress · Mar 21, 2002
To provide for appropriate State regulatory authority with respect to renewable sources of electricity.
On Mar 21, 2002, the Senate voted 40–58 on “On the Amendment” (S 517). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 3–47, Republicans 37–10, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- Amendment Rejected
- Yes
- 40
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Mar 21, 2002
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 10 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 47 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA voted yes
- Zell Bryan Miller D-GA voted yes
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL voted no
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Zell Bryan Miller D-GA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts 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
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
- 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Mark Dayton D-MN
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Jean Carnahan D-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- John Edwards D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Jon Stevens Corzine D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Merrill Jeffords I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Dean Barkley I-MN
- John William Warner R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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