Senate roll call 120 · 109th Congress · May 11, 2005
To provide funding for motorcycle safety programs in States without universal helmet laws.
On May 11, 2005, the Senate voted 28–69 on “On the Amendment” (HR 3). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 6–47, Democrats 22–21, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 members voted against their own party.
During the 109th Congress (2005–2006), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Amendment Rejected
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 69
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- May 11, 2005
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 47 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 21 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
- Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO voted no
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted no
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted no
- Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL voted yes
- Barack Obama D-IL voted no
- Evan Bayh D-IN voted no
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC voted yes
- 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
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY voted no
- Michael Dewine R-OH voted yes
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted no
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted no
- William H. Frist R-TN voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
The bill
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
- Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jon Stevens Corzine D-NJ
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
- William H. Frist R-TN
- John William Warner R-VA
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- 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
- Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Barack Obama D-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
- David Vitter R-LA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- 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
- Richard M. Burr 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
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- James W. Demint R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Lamar Alexander 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
- James Merrill Jeffords I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Mark Dayton D-MN
- Norm Coleman R-MN
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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