To ensure that any savings associated with legislation that authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use the collective purchasing power of 40,0

On Mar 15, 2006, the Senate voted 54–44 on “On the Amendment” (SCONRES 83). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 12–42, Democrats 41–2, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: 54
No: 44
Did not vote: 3
Date: Mar 15, 2006

By party

Republicans12 yes · 42 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats41 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Lisa Murkowski R-AK voted yes
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted yes
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted no
Michael Dewine R-OH voted yes
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted yes
Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted yes
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted yes
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
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
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
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
John E. Sununu R-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
John Eric Ensign R-NV
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
James W. Demint R-SC
John Thune R-SD
Lamar Alexander R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
John Cornyn R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
George Allen R-VA
John William Warner 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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