To restore to the States the right to protect consumers from usurious lenders.

On May 19, 2010, the Senate voted 35–60 on “On the Amendment” (S 3217). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 32–21, Republicans 2–39, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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 Rejected
Yes: 35
No: 60
Did not vote: 16
Date: May 19, 2010

By party

Republicans2 yes · 39 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats32 yes · 21 no · 13 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted no
Mark Pryor D-AR voted no
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
Edward E. (Ted) Kaufman D-DE voted no
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted no
George S. Lemieux R-FL voted yes
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
William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
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
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted no
Maria E. Cantwell D-WA voted no
Patty Murray D-WA 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
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
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Edward E. (Ted) Kaufman D-DE
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
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
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
Roger F. Wicker 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
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
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
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
Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
Patty Murray D-WA
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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