To ensure that taxpayer money is not lost on wasteful and non-stimulative projects.

On Feb 6, 2009, the Senate voted 73–24 on “On the Amendment” (HR 1). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Democrats 33–23, Republicans 40–0, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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: Amendment Agreed to
Yes: 73
No: 24
Did not vote: 14
Date: Feb 6, 2009

By party

Republicans40 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats33 yes · 23 no · 10 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Barbara Boxer D-CA voted no
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Edward E. (Ted) Kaufman D-DE voted no
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
Roland Burris D-IL voted no
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted no
John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
Carl Levin D-MI voted no
Kay Hagan D-NC voted no
Jeanne Shaheen D-NH voted no
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
Harry Reid D-NV voted no
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY voted no
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted no
Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI voted no
James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA voted no
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no

The bill

H.R. 1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

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
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Mark Udall D-CO
Michael F. Bennet D-CO
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
James Risch 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
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
Amy Klobuchar D-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
Claire Mccaskill D-MO
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Jon Tester D-MT
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Richard M. Burr R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Kent Conrad D-ND
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
Mike Johanns R-NE
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Thomas (Tom) Udall D-NM
John Eric Ensign R-NV
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Sherrod Brown D-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Jeff Merkley D-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Arlen Specter R-PA
Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-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
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
Mark R. Warner D-VA
Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
Patty Murray D-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
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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