Senate roll call 580 · 110th Congress · May 22, 2008
In the nature of a substitute.
On May 22, 2008, the Senate voted 34–63 on “On the Motion” (HR 2642). Result: Motion Rejected. By party: Democrats 28–21, Republicans 6–41, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- Motion Rejected
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- May 22, 2008
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 41 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 21 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Barbara Boxer D-CA voted no
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Barack Obama D-IL voted no
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN voted no
- Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC voted yes
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE voted yes
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY voted no
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH voted yes
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted no
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted yes
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted no
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI voted no
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
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
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Barack Obama D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- 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
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Norm Coleman R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- 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
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- 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
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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