Senate roll call 174 · 110th Congress · May 22, 2007
To strike the Y nonimmigrant guestworker program.
On May 22, 2007, the Senate voted 31–64 on “On the Amendment” (S 1348). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 2–46, Democrats 28–18, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 members voted against their own party.
During the 110th Congress (2007–2008), George W. Bush was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Result
- Amendment Rejected
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- May 22, 2007
By party
- Republicans2 yes · 46 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 18 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted no
- Mark Pryor D-AR voted no
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
- Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO voted no
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted no
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted no
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
- David Vitter R-LA voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD voted no
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN voted no
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted yes
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted no
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- David Vitter R-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- 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
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- 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
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- 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
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Norm Coleman R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- James W. Demint R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl 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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