Senate roll call 42 · 107th Congress · Mar 21, 2001
To allow a State to enact voluntary public financing legislation regarding the election of Federal candidates in such State.
On Mar 21, 2001, the Senate voted 36–64 on “On the Amendment” (S 27). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 0–50, Democrats 36–14. 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
- 36
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Mar 21, 2001
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 50 no
- Democrats36 yes · 14 no
Who broke with their party
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted no
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
- Zell Bryan Miller D-GA voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted no
- Jean Carnahan D-MO voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Mark Dayton D-MN
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- John Edwards D-NC
- 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
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Zell Bryan Miller D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo 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
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Jean Carnahan D-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
- 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
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Dean Barkley I-MN
- James Merrill Jeffords I-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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