Senate roll call 179 · 107th Congress · Jun 12, 2001
To provide a low-income school choice demonstration program.
On Jun 12, 2001, the Senate voted 41–58 on “On the Amendment” (S 1). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 38–11, Democrats 3–46, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 107th Congress (2001–2002), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held the House majority, while the Senate was split evenly.
- Result
- Amendment Rejected
- Yes
- 41
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 12, 2001
By party
- Republicans38 yes · 11 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 46 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted yes
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted no
- Conrad Burns R-MT voted no
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE voted no
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY voted no
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Peter G. Fitzgerald R-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
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
- William H. Frist R-TN
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- George Allen R-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Zell Bryan Miller D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Mark Dayton D-MN
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Jean Carnahan D-MO
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- John Edwards D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- Jon Stevens Corzine D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Merrill Jeffords I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-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
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Dean Barkley I-MN
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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