Senate roll call 487 · 108th Congress · Mar 2, 2004
To expand the definition of armor piercing ammunition and to require the Attorney General to promulgate standards for the uniform testing of projectiles against
On Mar 2, 2004, the Senate voted 34–63 on “On the Amendment” (S 1805). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 1–49, Democrats 33–13, 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 108th Congress (2003–2004), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Amendment Rejected
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Mar 2, 2004
By party
- Republicans1 yes · 49 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 13 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 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
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT 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
- 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
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jon Stevens Corzine D-NJ
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Lisa 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
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- 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
- 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
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- 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
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle 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 William Warner R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- John Edwards D-NC
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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