Senate Roll Call 242, 111th Congress · July 23, 2009
An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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.
- Defense & War PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”
model(0.95): Passing the defense authorization bill funds and expands military activities and personnel.
Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security
Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion
- Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”
model(0.95): Passing defense authorization legislation approves significant federal spending.
Tagged by: keyword:appropriations
Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint
Who voted which way
Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.
Yea (87)
- Daniel K. Akaka
- Lamar Alexander
- Max Baucus
- Evan Bayh
- Mark Begich
- Michael F. Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman
- Christopher S. Bond
- Barbara Boxer
- Sherrod Brown
- Samuel D. Brownback
- Jim Bunning
- Richard Burr
- Roland Burris
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Thomas R. Carper
- Robert P. Casey, Jr.
- Saxby Chambliss
- Thad Cochran
- Susan M. Collins
- Kent Conrad
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Christopher J. Dodd
- Byron L. Dorgan
- Richard J. Durbin
- John Eric Ensign
- Al Franken
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd A. Gregg
- Kay R. Hagan
- Tom Harkin
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Kay Bailey Hutchison
- James M. Inhofe
- Daniel K. Inouye
- Johnny Isakson
- Mike Johanns
- Tim Johnson
- Edward E. Kaufman
- John F. Kerry
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herb Kohl
- Jon Kyl
- Mary L. Landrieu
- Frank R. Lautenberg
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Carl Levin
- Joseph I. Lieberman
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln
- Richard G. Lugar
- Mel Martinez
- John McCain
- Claire McCaskill
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Ben Nelson
- Bill Nelson
- Mark L. Pryor
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Charles E. Schumer
- Jeff Sessions
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Richard C. Shelby
- Olympia J. Snowe
- Arlen Specter
- Debbie Stabenow
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- Mark Udall
- Tom Udall
- George V. Voinovich
- Mark R. Warner
- Jim Webb
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger F. Wicker
- Ron Wyden
Nay (7)
Not voting or present (6)
- Robert F. BennettDid not vote
- Robert C. ByrdDid not vote
- Dianne FeinsteinDid not vote
- Edward M. KennedyDid not vote
- Barbara A. MikulskiDid not vote
- John D. Rockefeller, IVDid not vote
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