To provide for judicial review of detention of enemy combatants.

On Nov 15, 2005, the Senate voted 44–54 on “On the Amendment” (S 1042). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 4–50, Democrats 39–4, Independents 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 8 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: 44
No: 54
Did not vote: 3
Date: Nov 15, 2005

By party

Republicans4 yes · 50 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats39 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Evan Bayh D-IN voted no
Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted no
John E. Sununu R-NH voted yes
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted yes
Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

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
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
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
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
Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
Richard M. Burr R-NC
Kent Conrad D-ND
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
John Eric Ensign R-NV
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
James W. Demint R-SC
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
John Thune R-SD
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
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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