To provide for a study of the asset-backed securitization process and for residential mortgage underwriting standards.

On May 12, 2010, the Senate voted 42–57 on “On the Amendment” (S 3217). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 3–54, Republicans 39–2, Independents 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 5 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: 42
No: 57
Did not vote: 12
Date: May 12, 2010

By party

Republicans39 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 54 no · 9 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
Evan Bayh D-IN voted yes
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted no
Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
Mark R. Warner D-VA voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

Lisa Murkowski R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
George S. Lemieux R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
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
Scott P. Brown R-MA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Richard M. Burr R-NC
Kent Conrad D-ND
Mike Johanns R-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
John Eric Ensign R-NV
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
James W. Demint R-SC
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
John Thune R-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
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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