A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other

On Jul 29, 2005, the Senate voted 99–1 on “On the Conference Report” (HR 2361). Result: Conference Report Agreed to. By party: Republicans 54–1, Democrats 44–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 1 member 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: Conference Report Agreed to
Yes: 99
No: 1
Did not vote: 1
Date: Jul 29, 2005

By party

Republicans54 yes · 1 no
Democrats44 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no

The bill

H.R. 2361: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006

How each senator voted: Yes

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
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
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
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
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
John Forbes Kerry D-MA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
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
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
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
John E. Sununu R-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
Jon Stevens Corzine D-NJ
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
John Eric Ensign R-NV
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Arlen Specter R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-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
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
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
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK

Did not vote

Robert Menendez D-NJ

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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