McCain Amendment defeated in Senate 32-63

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00074 ^

[cc2k]

McCain proposed this ammendment to H.R.1105:

From Page S2608 of the Congressional Record:

Mr. MCCAIN. Madam President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Arizona [Mr. MCCAIN] proposes an amendment numbered 592. (Purpose: To continue funding at fiscal year 2008 levels through the end of fiscal year 2009) Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. CONTINUING 2008 FUNDING LEVELS. Section 106(3) of Public Law 110–329 is amended by striking ‘‘March 6, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2009’’.

The vote was:

From http://www.senate.gov/...vote=00074:

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111^th Congress - 1^st Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Amendment (McCain Amdt. No. 592 )
Vote Number:	74	Vote Date:	March 3, 2009, 12:01 PM
Required For Majority:	1/2	Vote Result:	Amendment Rejected
Amendment Number:	S.Amdt. 592 to H.R. 1105 (Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009)
Statement of Purpose:	In the nature of a substitute.

Vote Counts:	YEAs	32
	NAYs	63
	Not Voting	4

Vote Summary

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By Vote Position

By Home State

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Akaka (D-HI), Nay Alexander (R-TN), Nay Barrasso (R-WY), Yea Baucus (D-MT), Nay Bayh (D-IN), Yea Begich (D-AK), Nay Bennet (D-CO), Nay Bennett (R-UT), Nay Bingaman (D-NM), Nay Bond (R-MO), Nay Boxer (D-CA), Nay Brown (D-OH), Nay Brownback (R-KS), Yea Bunning (R-KY), Yea Burr (R-NC), Yea Burris (D-IL), Nay Byrd (D-WV), Nay Cantwell (D-WA), Nay Cardin (D-MD), Nay Carper (D-DE), Nay Casey (D-PA), Nay Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Coburn (R-OK), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Nay Collins (R-ME), Nay Conrad (D-ND), Not Voting Corker (R-TN), Yea Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea DeMint (R-SC), Yea Dodd (D-CT), Nay Dorgan (D-ND), Nay Durbin (D-IL), Nay

Ensign (R-NV), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feingold (D-WI), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Nay Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagan (D-NC), Nay Harkin (D-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Inouye (D-HI), Nay Isakson (R-GA), Yea Johanns (R-NE), Not Voting Johnson (D-SD), Nay Kaufman (D-DE), Nay Kennedy (D-MA), Not Voting Kerry (D-MA), Nay Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay Kohl (D-WI), Nay Kyl (R-AZ), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Nay Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay Leahy (D-VT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Nay Lieberman (ID-CT), Nay Lincoln (D-AR), Nay Lugar (R-IN), Yea Martinez (R-FL), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea McCaskill (D-MO), Yea

McConnell (R-KY), Yea Menendez (D-NJ), Nay Merkley (D-OR), Nay Mikulski (D-MD), Nay Murkowski (R-AK), Nay Murray (D-WA), Nay Nelson (D-FL), Nay Nelson (D-NE), Nay Pryor (D-AR), Nay Reed (D-RI), Nay Reid (D-NV), Nay Risch (R-ID), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay Sanders (I-VT), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Nay Sessions (R-AL), Not Voting Shaheen (D-NH), Nay Shelby (R-AL), Nay Snowe (R-ME), Nay Specter (R-PA), Nay Stabenow (D-MI), Nay Tester (D-MT), Nay Thune (R-SD), Yea Udall (D-CO), Nay Udall (D-NM), Nay Vitter (R-LA), Yea Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (D-VA), Nay Webb (D-VA), Nay Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay Wicker (R-MS), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Nay

Vote Summary

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By Vote Position

By Home State

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---32
Barrasso (R-WY) Bayh (D-IN) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC)	Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ) Lugar (R-IN)	Martinez (R-FL) McCain (R-AZ) McCaskill (D-MO) McConnell (R-KY) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Voinovich (R-OH) Wicker (R-MS)

NAYs ---63
Akaka (D-HI) Alexander (R-TN) Baucus (D-MT) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Bennett (R-UT) Bingaman (D-NM) Bond (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Burris (D-IL) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL)	Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Gillibrand (D-NY) Hagan (D-NC) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kaufman (D-DE) Kerry (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR) Mikulski (D-MD) Murkowski (R-AK)	Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Shelby (R-AL) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Warner (D-VA) Webb (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 4
Conrad (D-ND) Johanns (R-NE)	Kennedy (D-MA) Sessions (R-AL)

Vote Summary

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Grouped by Home State

Alabama:	Sessions (R-AL), Not Voting	Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Alaska:	Begich (D-AK), Nay	Murkowski (R-AK), Nay
Arizona:	Kyl (R-AZ), Yea	McCain (R-AZ), Yea
Arkansas:	Lincoln (D-AR), Nay	Pryor (D-AR), Nay
California:	Boxer (D-CA), Nay	Feinstein (D-CA), Nay
Colorado:	Bennet (D-CO), Nay	Udall (D-CO), Nay
Connecticut:	Dodd (D-CT), Nay	Lieberman (ID-CT), Nay
Delaware:	Carper (D-DE), Nay	Kaufman (D-DE), Nay
Florida:	Martinez (R-FL), Yea	Nelson (D-FL), Nay
Georgia:	Chambliss (R-GA), Yea	Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Hawaii:	Akaka (D-HI), Nay	Inouye (D-HI), Nay
Idaho:	Crapo (R-ID), Yea	Risch (R-ID), Yea
Illinois:	Burris (D-IL), Nay	Durbin (D-IL), Nay
Indiana:	Bayh (D-IN), Yea	Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Iowa:	Grassley (R-IA), Yea	Harkin (D-IA), Nay
Kansas:	Brownback (R-KS), Yea	Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Kentucky:	Bunning (R-KY), Yea	McConnell (R-KY), Yea
Louisiana:	Landrieu (D-LA), Nay	Vitter (R-LA), Yea
Maine:	Collins (R-ME), Nay	Snowe (R-ME), Nay
Maryland:	Cardin (D-MD), Nay	Mikulski (D-MD), Nay
Massachusetts:	Kennedy (D-MA), Not Voting	Kerry (D-MA), Nay
Michigan:	Levin (D-MI), Nay	Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Minnesota:	Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay
Mississippi:	Cochran (R-MS), Nay	Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Missouri:	Bond (R-MO), Nay	McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
Montana:	Baucus (D-MT), Nay	Tester (D-MT), Nay
Nebraska:	Johanns (R-NE), Not Voting	Nelson (D-NE), Nay
Nevada:	Ensign (R-NV), Yea	Reid (D-NV), Nay
New Hampshire:	Gregg (R-NH), Yea	Shaheen (D-NH), Nay
New Jersey:	Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay	Menendez (D-NJ), Nay
New Mexico:	Bingaman (D-NM), Nay	Udall (D-NM), Nay
New York:	Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay	Schumer (D-NY), Nay
North Carolina:	Burr (R-NC), Yea	Hagan (D-NC), Nay
North Dakota:	Conrad (D-ND), Not Voting	Dorgan (D-ND), Nay
Ohio:	Brown (D-OH), Nay	Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Oklahoma:	Coburn (R-OK), Yea	Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Oregon:	Merkley (D-OR), Nay	Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Pennsylvania:	Casey (D-PA), Nay	Specter (R-PA), Nay
Rhode Island:	Reed (D-RI), Nay	Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay
South Carolina:	DeMint (R-SC), Yea	Graham (R-SC), Yea
South Dakota:	Johnson (D-SD), Nay	Thune (R-SD), Yea
Tennessee:	Alexander (R-TN), Nay	Corker (R-TN), Yea
Texas:	Cornyn (R-TX), Yea	Hutchison (R-TX), Yea
Utah:	Bennett (R-UT), Nay	Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Vermont:	Leahy (D-VT), Nay	Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Virginia:	Warner (D-VA), Nay	Webb (D-VA), Nay
Washington:	Cantwell (D-WA), Nay	Murray (D-WA), Nay
West Virginia:	Byrd (D-WV), Nay	Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay
Wisconsin:	Feingold (D-WI), Nay	Kohl (D-WI), Nay
Wyoming:	Barrasso (R-WY), Yea	Enzi (R-WY), Yea

Vote Summary

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[Vigilanteman]

Understood. IOW, a “Hail Mary” pass at fiscal sanity.

[KansasGirl]

Compare that list to this list:

Taxpayers for Common Sense, a government spending watchdog, has released its breakdown of the biggest earmarkers.

Following are the top 20 Senate earmark recipients — 12 Democrats, 8 Republicans.

1. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.): $122,804,900

2 Richard Shelby (R-Ala.): $114,484,250

3. Kit Bond (R-Mo.): $85,691,491

4. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.): $76,899,425

5. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.): $75,908,475

6. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska): $74,000,750

7. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa): $66,860,000

8. James Inhofe (R-Okla.): $53,133,500

9. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.): $51,186,000

10. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii): $46,380,205

11. Patty Murray (D-Wash.): $39,228,250

12. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.): $36,547,100

13. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.): $36,161,125

14. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.): $35,577,250

15. Robert Casey (D-Pa.): $27,169,750

16. Harry Reid (D-Nev.): $26,628,613

17. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.): $25,320,000

18. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.): $23,832,000

19. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.): $21,952,250

20. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), retired: $19,588,625

http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2009/03/who-put-pork-in-omnibus-bill-senates.html

That explains some of the unexpected Republicans votes against McCain’s amendment. They were bought and paid for.

[Dr. Zzyzx]

Just sent my letter of disgust to Senator BigNut RINO from Utah.

[estrogen]

How about Sessions not voting

[Eagle50AE]

What a surprise seeing Collins , Snowe and Specter on the against side..

typical

[mtnwmn]

“STOP showing up...
STOP voting....”

I have wondered the same thing. What would happen? What would be the consequences?

[river rat]

"There was hope for this amendment."

Are you delusional?

You'll have to share the evidence that convinced you of that.

What POSSIBLE hope was there to restrain spending -- when the Democrats have ONLY that as their platform to consolidate power, destroy incentive to work, evaporate the middle class's savings and reward their welfare dependent electorate?

Obama and his Thugs are focused on one objective -- Power, Socialism, Nationalized Means of Production......

[slowhandluke]

Looks like it. Good for him for trying.

But not much good. Any given RINO seems to be trying when he or she suppors one good measure or another, but you can count on the rest of the RINOs to help defeat it. How many successful conservative efforts have the RINOs been behind?

Since it only takes a couple of RINO Senators to pass the liberal agenda, they can play rope-a-dope forever. For any given liberal bill, 2 RINOs can support it, the others can be against. Cycling the YES votes around the group can give each an 80% or so ACU record, and they still guarantee that the liberal agenda passes.

So, I'm supporting a one-strike-rule for RINOs now.

[oneamericanvoice]

Excuse you! There are no stupid questions. I thought I was having a discussion with someone who had mutual respect, rather than juvenile, reactionary thought. Guess I was wrong.

I am always open to learning. If I am wrong about something I will reconsider and change where needed, rather than be so invested in being right. Truth matters as do my conservative values.

[JrsyJack]

Maybe they were just showing Johnny the effect of bipartisanship.

[AvOrdVet]

Excuse you! There are no stupid questions.

In the "politically correct" world there are no stupid questions... In the real world there are plenty of stupid questions, and when someone is backed into a corner is when they usually come out...

You want to fight crime, don't you? You want to lower spending, don't you? You want lower taxes, don't you? You want to save lives, don't you? We should do it for the children, shouldn't we?

Sorry, I don't play P.C.

And harking back to the original thread... McCain is no government waste crusader, he lost all credibility on the issue with the TARP bailouts, and he has helped the other side immensely in the years of wasteful "bipartisan" spending that has driven our country to it knees!

[plain talk]

LOL! Spector out RINOs McCain!

McCain is not a RINO on all issues. On this issue and defense McCain is OK and I am grateful for what he tried today

[bill1952]

>McCain is not a RINO on all issues...

Well that is comforting.

[1035rep]

How DARE John McCain try to remove those 8500 earmarks!

Really, what nerve that guy has......:)

[1035rep]

That is a very stupid question, but hey at this point it doesn't matter one bit does it, as it will be our children and grand children that pays for it!

Thanks to the libtards!

[AuburnM5]

Senator Sessions did not vote today because his mother passed away. The funeral is tomorrow.

[2CAVTrooper]

I agree.

A lot of these highway projects, etc cost millions more than what they should because of the federal funding.

Look at the ‘Big Dig’. Billions spent over two decades, and it was obsolete before the first car drove through the tunnel.

Getting back to what I was saying about the fire departments though. A lot of these small volunteer departments do not have the resources to raise enough cash to buy new equipment especially something like a new ladder truck which costs about one million a pop excluding tools and equipment. The state provides some money for such purchases, but that never covers the full difference between what the community and the department can raise and the cost of the truck itself.

[lonestar]

Funny that Steele has stronger words for Rush than for those RINOS.

[SoldierDad]

And if you live in a state dominated by demoncRATS (CA) you need to move to a state represented by people with ethics and principles.

[SoldierDad]

In the words of Ronald Reagan, “Trust, but verify”. I know those words were spoken in reference to the former Soviet Union. However, given the climate today within our own country and the attempts being made to destroy our nation from within, we must employ these words against our own institutions.