Senate roll call 471 · 110th Congress · Feb 25, 2008
Of a perfecting nature.
On Feb 25, 2008, the Senate voted 78–11 on “On the Amendment” (S 1200). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 44–0, Democrats 33–11, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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 Agreed to
- Yes
- 78
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 25, 2008
By party
- Republicans44 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 11 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Barbara Boxer D-CA voted no
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted no
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI voted no
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
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- 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
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-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
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Norm Coleman R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jon Tester D-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
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- James W. Demint R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
- Bernard Sanders 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
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Barack Obama D-IL
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- John William Warner R-VA
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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