Senate Roll Call 204, 111th Congress · June 8, 2009
In the nature of a substitute.
Question before the chamber: On the Cloture Motion
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Health — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.
How this vote is scored
Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.
- Health CareDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Text 'In the nature of a substitute' is too vague.
Tagged by: policy-area:Health
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (61)
- Daniel K. Akaka
- Max Baucus
- Evan Bayh
- Mark Begich
- Michael F. Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman
- Barbara Boxer
- Sherrod Brown
- Roland Burris
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Thad Cochran
- Susan M. Collins
- Kent Conrad
- John Cornyn
- Christopher J. Dodd
- Byron L. Dorgan
- Richard J. Durbin
- Russell D. Feingold
- Dianne Feinstein
- Chuck Grassley
- Tom Harkin
- Daniel K. Inouye
- Tim Johnson
- Edward E. Kaufman
- John F. Kerry
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herb Kohl
- Mary L. Landrieu
- Frank R. Lautenberg
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Carl Levin
- Joseph I. Lieberman
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln
- Richard G. Lugar
- Claire McCaskill
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Ben Nelson
- Bill Nelson
- Mark L. Pryor
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- John D. Rockefeller, IV
- Bernard Sanders
- Charles E. Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Olympia J. Snowe
- Arlen Specter
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall
- Tom Udall
- Mark R. Warner
- Jim Webb
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay (30)
- Lamar Alexander
- John Barrasso
- Robert F. Bennett
- Christopher S. Bond
- Samuel D. Brownback
- Jim Bunning
- Richard Burr
- Saxby Chambliss
- Tom Coburn
- Bob Corker
- Jim DeMint
- John Eric Ensign
- Michael B. Enzi
- Lindsey Graham
- Kay R. Hagan
- Orrin G. Hatch
- James M. Inhofe
- Johnny Isakson
- Mike Johanns
- Jon Kyl
- Mel Martinez
- John McCain
- Mitch McConnell
- James E. Risch
- Jeff Sessions
- Richard C. Shelby
- John Thune
- David Vitter
- George V. Voinovich
- Roger F. Wicker
Not voting or present (8)
- Robert C. ByrdDid not vote
- Mike CrapoDid not vote
- Kirsten E. GillibrandDid not vote
- Judd A. GreggDid not vote
- Kay Bailey HutchisonDid not vote
- Edward M. KennedyDid not vote
- Pat RobertsDid not vote
- Debbie StabenowDid not vote
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