Senate roll call 106 · 109th Congress · Apr 20, 2005
Relating to the aircraft carriers of the Navy.
On Apr 20, 2005, the Senate voted 58–38 on “On the Amendment” (HR 1268). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 24–31, Democrats 34–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 members voted against their own party.
During the 109th Congress (2005–2006), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Amendment Agreed to
- Yes
- 58
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Apr 20, 2005
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 31 no
- Democrats34 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL voted yes
- Johnny Isakson R-GA voted yes
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA voted yes
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted yes
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS voted yes
- David Vitter R-LA voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
- Norm Coleman R-MN voted yes
- James Matthes Talent R-MO voted yes
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted yes
- Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC voted yes
- Richard M. Burr R-NC voted yes
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE voted yes
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted yes
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
- Michael Dewine R-OH voted yes
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted yes
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted yes
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted no
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted yes
- John Thune R-SD voted yes
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted no
- John Cornyn R-TX voted yes
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted yes
- George Allen R-VA voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
- 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
- Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Barack Obama D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- David Vitter R-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- 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
- Norm Coleman R-MN
- James Matthes Talent R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jon Stevens Corzine D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- George Allen R-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- 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
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
- James W. Demint R-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- William H. Frist R-TN
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- James Merrill Jeffords I-VT
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Other votes
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