In the nature of a substitute.

On Nov 15, 2005, the Senate voted 84–14 on “On the Amendment” (S 1042). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 53–1, Democrats 30–13, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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: 84
No: 14
Did not vote: 3
Date: Nov 15, 2005

By party

Republicans53 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats30 yes · 13 no · 2 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
Mark Dayton D-MN voted no
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Lisa Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
Mark Pryor D-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
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
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Barack Obama D-IL
Evan Bayh D-IN
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
David Vitter R-LA
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
John Forbes Kerry D-MA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Carl Levin D-MI
Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
Norm Coleman R-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
James Matthes Talent R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
Richard M. Burr R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Kent Conrad D-ND
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
John E. Sununu R-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
John Eric Ensign R-NV
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
James W. Demint R-SC
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
John Thune R-SD
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
William H. Frist R-TN
John Cornyn R-TX
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
George Allen R-VA
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords I-VT
Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
Patty Murray D-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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