Vote 178

Question: On the Amendment
Bill: S 2731
Vote description: Cornyn Amdt. No. 5083; To establish a bipartisan commission for the purpose of improving oversight and eliminating wasteful government spending under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Vote type: 1/2 (Help)
A simple majority of those present and voting is required for approval or passage.
Result: Rejected, 32-63, with 5 not voting.
Date/time: July 16, 2008, 12:16 p.m.
Amendment num: S.Amdt. 5083
Republican majority opinion: Yes (Help)
The position of more than 50 percent of voting Republicans. "None" means an equal split between "Yes" and "No."
Democrat majority opinion: No (Help)
The position of more than 50 percent of voting Democrats. "None" means an equal split between "Yes" and "No."

Vote totals

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	Yes	No	Not Voting
Aquarius	John Cornyn, Mike Enzi, Judd Gregg	Tom Carper, Herb Kohl, Frank Lautenberg, Arlen Specter, Jim Webb	John Warner
Aries	John Ensign, Orrin Hatch	Bob Casey, Patrick Leahy, Richard Lugar
Cancer	Lamar Alexander, John Barrasso, Larry Craig, Lindsey Graham, Kay Bailey Hutchison, George Voinovich, Roger Wicker	Dianne Feinstein, Carl Levin, Barbara Mikulski
Capricorn	Johnny Isakson, Jeff Sessions, John Thune	Tim Johnson, Robert Menendez, Mark Pryor	Evan Bayh
Gemini		Chris Dodd, Amy Klobuchar, Lisa Murkowski, Jay Rockefeller, Gordon Smith
Leo		Norm Coleman, Liddy Dole, Claire McCaskill, Jon Tester	Barack Obama
Libra		Jeff Bingaman, Maria Cantwell, Ben Cardin, Chuck Hagel, Blanche Lincoln, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Sheldon Whitehouse
Pisces	Kit Bond, Tom Coburn, Mitch McConnell	Kent Conrad, Russ Feingold, Joseph Lieberman, Kenneth Salazar, Olympia Snowe	Edward Kennedy
Sagittarius	Wayne Allard, Richard Burr, Thad Cochran	Max Baucus, Susan Collins, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer
Scorpio	Jim Bunning, Saxby Chambliss, James Inhofe	Joe Biden, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Robert Byrd, Hillary Clinton, Dick Durbin, Tom Harkin, Mel Martinez, Jack Reed, Ted Stevens
Taurus	Mike Crapo, Jon Kyl, Pat Roberts, Richard Shelby, David Vitter	Pete Domenici, Byron Dorgan, Ben Nelson, Debbie Stabenow, Ron Wyden
Virgo	Bob Corker, Jim DeMint, Chuck Grassley	Daniel Akaka, Bob Bennett, Sam Brownback, Daniel Inouye, Bernard Sanders, John Sununu	John McCain

	Yes	No	Not Voting
Female	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Hillary Clinton, Susan Collins, Liddy Dole, Dianne Feinstein, Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln, Claire McCaskill, Barbara Mikulski, Lisa Murkowski, Patty Murray, Olympia Snowe, Debbie Stabenow
Male	Lamar Alexander, Wayne Allard, John Barrasso, Kit Bond, Jim Bunning, Richard Burr, Saxby Chambliss, Tom Coburn, Thad Cochran, Bob Corker, John Cornyn, Larry Craig, Mike Crapo, Jim DeMint, John Ensign, Mike Enzi, Lindsey Graham, Chuck Grassley, Judd Gregg, Orrin Hatch, James Inhofe, Johnny Isakson, Jon Kyl, Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, John Thune, David Vitter, George Voinovich, Roger Wicker	Daniel Akaka, Max Baucus, Bob Bennett, Joe Biden, Jeff Bingaman, Sherrod Brown, Sam Brownback, Robert Byrd, Ben Cardin, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Norm Coleman, Kent Conrad, Chris Dodd, Pete Domenici, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Russ Feingold, Chuck Hagel, Tom Harkin, Daniel Inouye, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Herb Kohl, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Carl Levin, Joseph Lieberman, Richard Lugar, Mel Martinez, Robert Menendez, Bill Nelson, Ben Nelson, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Harry Reid, Jay Rockefeller, Kenneth Salazar, Bernard Sanders, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Smith, Arlen Specter, Ted Stevens, John Sununu, Jon Tester, Jim Webb, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ron Wyden	Evan Bayh, Edward Kennedy, John McCain, Barack Obama, John Warner

	Yes	No	Not Voting
Midwest	Kit Bond, Chuck Grassley, Pat Roberts, John Thune, George Voinovich	Sherrod Brown, Sam Brownback, Norm Coleman, Kent Conrad, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Russ Feingold, Chuck Hagel, Tom Harkin, Tim Johnson, Amy Klobuchar, Herb Kohl, Carl Levin, Richard Lugar, Claire McCaskill, Ben Nelson, Debbie Stabenow	Evan Bayh, Barack Obama
Northeast	Judd Gregg	Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Susan Collins, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Joseph Lieberman, Robert Menendez, Jack Reed, Bernard Sanders, Chuck Schumer, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, John Sununu, Sheldon Whitehouse	Edward Kennedy
South	Lamar Alexander, Jim Bunning, Richard Burr, Saxby Chambliss, Tom Coburn, Thad Cochran, Bob Corker, John Cornyn, Jim DeMint, Lindsey Graham, Kay Bailey Hutchison, James Inhofe, Johnny Isakson, Mitch McConnell, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, David Vitter, Roger Wicker	Joe Biden, Robert Byrd, Ben Cardin, Tom Carper, Liddy Dole, Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln, Mel Martinez, Barbara Mikulski, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Jay Rockefeller, Jim Webb	John Warner
West	Wayne Allard, John Barrasso, Larry Craig, Mike Crapo, John Ensign, Mike Enzi, Orrin Hatch, Jon Kyl	Daniel Akaka, Max Baucus, Bob Bennett, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Pete Domenici, Dianne Feinstein, Daniel Inouye, Lisa Murkowski, Patty Murray, Harry Reid, Kenneth Salazar, Gordon Smith, Ted Stevens, Jon Tester, Ron Wyden	John McCain

	Yes	No	Not Voting
None			Barack Obama
2008	Lamar Alexander, Wayne Allard, John Barrasso, Saxby Chambliss, Thad Cochran, John Cornyn, Larry Craig, Mike Enzi, Lindsey Graham, James Inhofe, Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, Jeff Sessions, Roger Wicker	Max Baucus, Joe Biden, Norm Coleman, Susan Collins, Liddy Dole, Pete Domenici, Dick Durbin, Chuck Hagel, Tom Harkin, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Carl Levin, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Jay Rockefeller, Gordon Smith, Ted Stevens, John Sununu	John Warner
2010	Kit Bond, Jim Bunning, Richard Burr, Tom Coburn, Mike Crapo, Jim DeMint, Chuck Grassley, Judd Gregg, Johnny Isakson, Richard Shelby, John Thune, David Vitter, George Voinovich	Bob Bennett, Barbara Boxer, Sam Brownback, Chris Dodd, Byron Dorgan, Russ Feingold, Daniel Inouye, Patrick Leahy, Blanche Lincoln, Mel Martinez, Barbara Mikulski, Lisa Murkowski, Patty Murray, Harry Reid, Kenneth Salazar, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden	Evan Bayh, John McCain
2012	Bob Corker, John Ensign, Orrin Hatch, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jon Kyl	Daniel Akaka, Jeff Bingaman, Sherrod Brown, Robert Byrd, Maria Cantwell, Ben Cardin, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Kent Conrad, Dianne Feinstein, Amy Klobuchar, Herb Kohl, Joseph Lieberman, Richard Lugar, Claire McCaskill, Robert Menendez, Bill Nelson, Ben Nelson, Bernard Sanders, Olympia Snowe, Debbie Stabenow, Jon Tester, Jim Webb, Sheldon Whitehouse	Edward Kennedy

	Yes	No	Not Voting
Alabama	Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby
Alaska		Lisa Murkowski, Ted Stevens
Arizona	Jon Kyl		John McCain
Arkansas		Blanche Lincoln, Mark Pryor
California		Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein
Colorado	Wayne Allard	Kenneth Salazar
Connecticut		Chris Dodd, Joseph Lieberman
Delaware		Joe Biden, Tom Carper
Florida		Mel Martinez, Bill Nelson
Georgia	Saxby Chambliss, Johnny Isakson
Hawaii		Daniel Akaka, Daniel Inouye
Idaho	Larry Craig, Mike Crapo
Illinois		Dick Durbin	Barack Obama
Indiana		Richard Lugar	Evan Bayh
Iowa	Chuck Grassley	Tom Harkin
Kansas	Pat Roberts	Sam Brownback
Kentucky	Jim Bunning, Mitch McConnell
Louisiana	David Vitter	Mary Landrieu
Maine		Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe
Maryland		Ben Cardin, Barbara Mikulski
Massachusetts		John Kerry	Edward Kennedy
Michigan		Carl Levin, Debbie Stabenow
Minnesota		Norm Coleman, Amy Klobuchar
Mississippi	Thad Cochran, Roger Wicker
Missouri	Kit Bond	Claire McCaskill
Montana		Max Baucus, Jon Tester
Nebraska		Chuck Hagel, Ben Nelson
Nevada	John Ensign	Harry Reid
New Hampshire	Judd Gregg	John Sununu
New Jersey		Frank Lautenberg, Robert Menendez
New Mexico		Jeff Bingaman, Pete Domenici
New York		Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer
North Carolina	Richard Burr	Liddy Dole
North Dakota		Kent Conrad, Byron Dorgan
Ohio	George Voinovich	Sherrod Brown
Oklahoma	Tom Coburn, James Inhofe
Oregon		Gordon Smith, Ron Wyden
Pennsylvania		Bob Casey, Arlen Specter
Rhode Island		Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse
South Carolina	Jim DeMint, Lindsey Graham
South Dakota	John Thune	Tim Johnson
Tennessee	Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker
Texas	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison
Utah	Orrin Hatch	Bob Bennett
Vermont		Patrick Leahy, Bernard Sanders
Virginia		Jim Webb	John Warner
Washington		Maria Cantwell, Patty Murray
West Virginia		Robert Byrd, Jay Rockefeller
Wisconsin		Russ Feingold, Herb Kohl
Wyoming	John Barrasso, Mike Enzi

	Yes	No	Not Voting
Baby boomer	John Barrasso, Richard Burr, Tom Coburn, Bob Corker, John Cornyn, Mike Crapo, Jim DeMint, John Ensign, Lindsey Graham, Judd Gregg, Jeff Sessions, John Thune, David Vitter, Roger Wicker	Sherrod Brown, Sam Brownback, Maria Cantwell, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Norm Coleman, Susan Collins, Kent Conrad, Russ Feingold, Chuck Hagel, Tim Johnson, Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln, Mel Martinez, Claire McCaskill, Robert Menendez, Lisa Murkowski, Patty Murray, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Kenneth Salazar, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Smith, Olympia Snowe, Debbie Stabenow, John Sununu, Jon Tester, Jim Webb, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ron Wyden	Evan Bayh, Barack Obama
Pre-boomer	Lamar Alexander, Wayne Allard, Kit Bond, Jim Bunning, Saxby Chambliss, Thad Cochran, Larry Craig, Mike Enzi, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Kay Bailey Hutchison, James Inhofe, Johnny Isakson, Jon Kyl, Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, Richard Shelby, George Voinovich	Daniel Akaka, Max Baucus, Bob Bennett, Joe Biden, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Robert Byrd, Ben Cardin, Chris Dodd, Liddy Dole, Pete Domenici, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Dianne Feinstein, Tom Harkin, Daniel Inouye, John Kerry, Herb Kohl, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Carl Levin, Joseph Lieberman, Richard Lugar, Barbara Mikulski, Bill Nelson, Ben Nelson, Harry Reid, Jay Rockefeller, Bernard Sanders, Arlen Specter, Ted Stevens	Edward Kennedy, John McCain, John Warner

	Yes	No	Not Voting
Democratic		Daniel Akaka, Max Baucus, Joe Biden, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Robert Byrd, Maria Cantwell, Ben Cardin, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Kent Conrad, Chris Dodd, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Russ Feingold, Dianne Feinstein, Tom Harkin, Daniel Inouye, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Herb Kohl, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Carl Levin, Blanche Lincoln, Claire McCaskill, Robert Menendez, Barbara Mikulski, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Ben Nelson, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Harry Reid, Jay Rockefeller, Kenneth Salazar, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Jon Tester, Jim Webb, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ron Wyden	Evan Bayh, Edward Kennedy, Barack Obama
Independent		Joseph Lieberman, Bernard Sanders
Republican	Lamar Alexander, Wayne Allard, John Barrasso, Kit Bond, Jim Bunning, Richard Burr, Saxby Chambliss, Tom Coburn, Thad Cochran, Bob Corker, John Cornyn, Larry Craig, Mike Crapo, Jim DeMint, John Ensign, Mike Enzi, Lindsey Graham, Chuck Grassley, Judd Gregg, Orrin Hatch, Kay Bailey Hutchison, James Inhofe, Johnny Isakson, Jon Kyl, Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, Jeff Sessions, Richard Shelby, John Thune, David Vitter, George Voinovich, Roger Wicker	Bob Bennett, Sam Brownback, Norm Coleman, Susan Collins, Liddy Dole, Pete Domenici, Chuck Hagel, Richard Lugar, Mel Martinez, Lisa Murkowski, Gordon Smith, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, Ted Stevens, John Sununu	John McCain, John Warner