To help preserve America's national parks and other public land treasures by reducing maintenance backlogs that threaten the health and safety of visitors.

On Sep 24, 2009, the Senate voted 79–19 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 2996). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Democrats 56–1, Republicans 22–18, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 members voted against their own party.

During the 111th Congress (2009–2010), Barack Obama was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Motion to Table Agreed to
Yes: 79
No: 19
Did not vote: 13
Date: Sep 24, 2009

By party

Republicans22 yes · 18 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats56 yes · 1 no · 9 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
Saxby Chambliss R-GA voted no
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
James Risch R-ID voted no
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted no
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted no
Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
Mike Johanns R-NE voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
James W. Demint R-SC voted no
John Thune R-SD voted no
John Cornyn R-TX voted no
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
John A. Barrasso R-WY voted no
Michael B. Enzi R-WY voted no

The bill

H.R. 2996: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010

How each senator voted: Yes

Lisa Murkowski R-AK
Mark Begich D-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
Mark Pryor D-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Mark Udall D-CO
Michael F. Bennet D-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Edward E. (Ted) Kaufman D-DE
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
George S. Lemieux R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Roland Burris D-IL
Evan Bayh D-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
David Vitter R-LA
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
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
Al Franken D-MN
Amy Klobuchar D-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
Kay Hagan D-NC
Richard M. Burr R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
Robert Menendez D-NJ
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Sherrod Brown D-OH
Jeff Merkley D-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Arlen Specter D-PA
Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
Lamar Alexander R-TN
Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
Mark R. Warner 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

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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