To provide funds for a Commission on Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies.

On Mar 13, 2008, the Senate voted 49–48 on “On the Amendment” (SCONRES 70). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Democrats 11–38, Republicans 38–9, Independents 0–1. 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 Agreed to
Yes: 49
No: 48
Did not vote: 5
Date: Mar 13, 2008

By party

Republicans38 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats11 yes · 38 no · 1 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Lisa Murkowski R-AK voted no
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
Evan Bayh D-IN voted yes
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted yes
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
Amy Klobuchar D-MN voted yes
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted no
Claire Mccaskill D-MO voted yes
William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted yes
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted yes
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
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
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
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Amy Klobuchar D-MN
Norm Coleman R-MN
Claire Mccaskill D-MO
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
Richard M. Burr R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
John E. Sununu R-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
John Eric Ensign R-NV
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Arlen Specter R-PA
James W. Demint R-SC
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
John Thune R-SD
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-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
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
John A. Barrasso R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To provide funds for a Commission on…: Senate Vote, Mar 13, 2008,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-S-509/to-provide-funds-for-a-commission-on-budgetary-accountability (accessed 2026-10-17).