Senate roll call 646 · 110th Congress · Sep 23, 2008
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.
On Sep 23, 2008, the Senate voted 84–11 on “On the Motion” (HR 6049). Result: Motion Agreed to. By party: Republicans 45–2, Democrats 39–8, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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 Agreed to
- Yes
- 84
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Sep 23, 2008
By party
- Republicans45 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats39 yes · 8 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted no
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH voted no
- Sherrod Brown D-OH voted no
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI voted no
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV 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
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- 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
- 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
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- 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
- 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
- Norm Coleman R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- 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
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- 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
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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