Senate Roll Call 486, 111th Congress · March 25, 2010
To protect the democratic process and the right of the people of the District of Columbia to define marriage.
Question before the chamber: On the Motion
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
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) The measure addresses marriage definitions, not health care coverage.
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 (36)
- Lamar Alexander
- John Barrasso
- Robert F. Bennett
- Scott P. Brown
- Samuel D. Brownback
- Jim Bunning
- Richard Burr
- Saxby Chambliss
- Tom Coburn
- Thad Cochran
- Bob Corker
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Jim DeMint
- John Eric Ensign
- Michael B. Enzi
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd A. Gregg
- Orrin G. Hatch
- Kay Bailey Hutchison
- James M. Inhofe
- Mike Johanns
- Jon Kyl
- George S. LeMieux
- Richard G. Lugar
- John McCain
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- James E. Risch
- Pat Roberts
- Jeff Sessions
- Richard C. Shelby
- John Thune
- David Vitter
- Roger F. Wicker
Nay (59)
- 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.
- Susan M. Collins
- Kent Conrad
- Christopher J. Dodd
- Byron L. Dorgan
- Richard J. Durbin
- Russell D. Feingold
- Dianne Feinstein
- Al Franken
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Kay R. Hagan
- Tom Harkin
- Daniel K. Inouye
- Tim Johnson
- Edward E. Kaufman
- John F. Kerry
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herb Kohl
- Mary L. Landrieu
- Patrick J. Leahy
- Carl Levin
- Joseph I. Lieberman
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln
- Claire McCaskill
- Robert Menendez
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara A. Mikulski
- 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
- Debbie Stabenow
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall
- Tom Udall
- Mark R. Warner
- Jim Webb
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Not voting or present (5)
- Christopher S. BondDid not vote
- Robert C. ByrdDid not vote
- Johnny IsaksonDid not vote
- Frank R. LautenbergDid not vote
- George V. VoinovichDid not vote
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