Senate roll call 481 · 108th Congress · Feb 26, 2004
To protect the rights of law enforcement officers who are victimized by crime to secure compensation from those who participate in the arming of criminals.
On Feb 26, 2004, the Senate voted 38–56 on “On the Amendment” (S 1805). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 3–45, Democrats 34–11, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- Amendment Rejected
- Yes
- 38
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Feb 26, 2004
By party
- Republicans3 yes · 45 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 11 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted no
- Mark Pryor D-AR voted no
- Zell Bryan Miller D-GA voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Michael Dewine R-OH voted yes
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein 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
- 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
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Mark Dayton D-MN
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jon Stevens Corzine D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- John William Warner R-VA
- 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Saxby Chambliss R-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
- 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
- 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
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Harry Reid D-NV
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- George Victor Voinovich 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
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- 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
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- George Allen R-VA
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- John Edwards D-NC
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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