To establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

On Nov 19, 2002, the Senate voted 69–30 on “On the Motion” (HR 5005). Result: Motion Agreed to. By party: Republicans 49–0, Democrats 19–29, Independents 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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: Motion Agreed to
Yes: 69
No: 30
Did not vote: 3
Date: Nov 19, 2002

By party

Republicans49 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats19 yes · 29 no · 2 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted yes
Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted yes
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted yes
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted yes
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA voted yes
Zell Bryan Miller D-GA voted yes
Evan Bayh D-IN voted yes
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted yes
John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted yes
Jean Carnahan D-MO voted yes
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
John Edwards D-NC voted yes
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted yes
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
Maria E. Cantwell D-WA voted yes
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted yes
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes

The bill

H.R. 5005: To establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

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
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
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
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
Evan Bayh D-IN
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
John Forbes Kerry D-MA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Dean Barkley I-MN
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
John Edwards D-NC
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
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
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
Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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