To perfect the bill.

On Apr 27, 2006, the Senate voted 44–51 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 4939). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Republicans 19–34, Democrats 25–16, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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 Failed
Yes: 44
No: 51
Did not vote: 6
Date: Apr 27, 2006

By party

Republicans19 yes · 34 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats25 yes · 16 no · 4 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Lisa Murkowski R-AK voted yes
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted yes
Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted yes
Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted no
Barack Obama D-IL voted no
Evan Bayh D-IN voted no
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted yes
David Vitter R-LA voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI voted no
Norm Coleman R-MN voted yes
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted yes
Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted yes
William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
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
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted yes
Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted yes
Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted no
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted yes
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted yes
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no

The bill

H.R. 4939: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
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
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
James Matthes Talent R-MO
Conrad Burns R-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
Robert Menendez D-NJ
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-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
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
George Allen R-VA
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords I-VT
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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