To strike the reliable fuels subtitle of the amendment.

On Jun 15, 2005, the Senate voted 69–28 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 6). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 39–14, Democrats 30–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 28 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: Motion to Table Agreed to
Yes: 69
No: 28
Did not vote: 4
Date: Jun 15, 2005

By party

Republicans39 yes · 14 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats30 yes · 14 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
Barbara Boxer D-CA voted no
Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted no
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
John E. Sununu R-NH voted no
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
Jon Stevens Corzine D-NJ voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted no
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted no
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no

The bill

H.R. 6: Energy Policy Act of 2005

How each senator voted: Yes

Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
Mark Pryor D-AR
Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Barack Obama D-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin 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
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
John Forbes Kerry D-MA
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
Carl Levin D-MI
Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
Mark Dayton D-MN
Norm Coleman R-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
James Matthes Talent R-MO
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
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
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
James W. Demint R-SC
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
John Thune R-SD
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
Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
Patty Murray D-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
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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