Senate roll call 523 · 110th Congress · Mar 14, 2008
To require that legislation to reauthorize SCHIP include provisions codifying the unborn child regulation.
On Mar 14, 2008, the Senate voted 46–52 on “On the Amendment” (SCONRES 70). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 2–47, Republicans 44–4, Independents 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 6 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
- 46
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Mar 14, 2008
By party
- Republicans44 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 47 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Norm Coleman R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- 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
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-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
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Barack Obama D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- 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
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- 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
Did not vote
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To require that legislation to reauthorize…: Senate Vote, Mar 14, 2008,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-S-523/to-require-that-legislation-to-reauthorize-schip-include-provisions (accessed 2026-10-15).