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On Feb 24, 2004, the Senate voted 48–45 on “On the Motion” (S 2061). Result: Motion Rejected. By party: Republicans 47–3, Democrats 1–41, Independents 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 4 members voted against their own party.

During the 108th Congress (2003–2004), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Motion Rejected
Yes: 48
No: 45
Did not vote: 7
Date: Feb 24, 2004

By party

Republicans47 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 41 no · 6 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted no
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted no
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

Lisa Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
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
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Norm Coleman R-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
James Matthes Talent R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
John E. Sununu R-NH
Judd Alan Gregg 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
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Arlen Specter R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
Lamar Alexander R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
John Cornyn R-TX
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
George Allen R-VA
John William Warner R-VA
Robert Carlyle Byrd 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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