To impose leverage and liability limits on bank holding companies and financial companies.

On May 6, 2010, the Senate voted 33–61 on “On the Amendment” (S 3217). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 29–28, Republicans 3–33, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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 Rejected
Yes: 33
No: 61
Did not vote: 17
Date: May 6, 2010

By party

Republicans3 yes · 33 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats29 yes · 28 no · 9 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted yes
Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
Mark Udall D-CO voted no
Michael F. Bennet D-CO voted no
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted no
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL voted no
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
Evan Bayh D-IN voted no
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted no
John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
Amy Klobuchar D-MN voted no
Claire Mccaskill D-MO voted no
Jon Tester D-MT voted no
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
Kay Hagan D-NC voted no
Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted no
Jeanne Shaheen D-NH voted no
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted yes
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted yes
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted no
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted no
Mark R. Warner D-VA voted no
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Lisa Murkowski R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Mark Udall D-CO
Michael F. Bennet D-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
George S. Lemieux 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
James Risch R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Evan Bayh D-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
John Forbes Kerry D-MA
Scott P. Brown R-MA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
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
Kay Hagan D-NC
Richard M. Burr R-NC
Kent Conrad D-ND
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
Mike Johanns R-NE
Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
Robert Menendez D-NJ
Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
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
Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
John Cornyn R-TX
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Mark R. Warner D-VA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
John A. Barrasso R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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