An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate bud

On May 15, 2008, the Senate voted 47–48 on “On the Motion” (SCONRES 70). Result: Motion Rejected. By party: Democrats 4–44, Republicans 43–3, Independents 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 7 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: Motion Rejected
Yes: 47
No: 48
Did not vote: 7
Date: May 15, 2008

By party

Republicans43 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 44 no · 2 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Evan Bayh D-IN voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
Amy Klobuchar D-MN voted yes
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Maria E. Cantwell D-WA voted yes
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted yes

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
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
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
Amy Klobuchar D-MN
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
John E. Sununu R-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
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
James W. Demint R-SC
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
John Thune R-SD
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
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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