Senate roll call 128 · 110th Congress · Apr 11, 2007
A bill to intensify research to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines.
On Apr 11, 2007, the Senate voted 70–28 on “On Passage of the Bill” (S 30). Result: Bill Passed. By party: Republicans 49–0, Democrats 21–27, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 members voted against their own party.
During the 110th Congress (2007–2008), George W. Bush was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Result
- Bill Passed
- Yes
- 70
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Apr 11, 2007
By party
- Republicans49 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats21 yes · 27 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Mark Pryor D-AR voted yes
- Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted yes
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted yes
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted yes
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN voted yes
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO voted yes
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted yes
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted yes
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted yes
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA voted yes
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted yes
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI voted yes
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
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
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-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
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Norm Coleman R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- 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
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- James W. Demint R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- 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
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Barack Obama D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Bernard Sanders I-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
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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