To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.

On Aug 2, 2007, the Senate voted 37–62 on “On the Amendment” (HR 976). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 37–12, Democrats 0–49, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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: Amendment Rejected
Yes: 37
No: 62
Did not vote: 3
Date: Aug 2, 2007

By party

Republicans37 yes · 12 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 49 no · 1 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Lisa Murkowski R-AK voted no
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted no
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

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
Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
David Vitter R-LA
Norm Coleman R-MN
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
Richard M. Burr R-NC
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
John E. Sununu R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
John Eric Ensign R-NV
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
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
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
John A. Barrasso R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “To amend the Public Health Service Act to…: Senate Vote, Aug 2, 2007,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-S-305/to-amend-the-public-health-service-act-to-provide (accessed 2026-10-17).