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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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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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

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[cc2k]

If your Republican Senator voted against this, they need to hear from you. If you live in a state that went for McCain, but you have a Dem Senator that voted against this, they need to hear from you.

The Republicans that need to be scolded are:

• Alexander (R-TN)
• Bennett (R-UT)
• Bond (R-MO)
• Cochran (R-MS)
• Collins (R-ME)
• Murkowski (R-AK)
• Shelby (R-AL)
• Snowe (R-ME)
• Specter (R-PA)

[batter]

IMO, Hatch and Bennett are using a tag-team approach to a lot of these issues. Hatch votes for one, then Bennett (especially on election years) that way they only take part of the grief for poor votes and can spin stuff by saying, "but I voted against the other bad bill".

I get the feeling from these guys that they are just playing a shell game.

[txnativegop]

Politicians are such scumbags. I hope the Republicans who voted for this get hauled over the coals by the citizens of their states.

[musicman]

"The Republicans that need to be scolded are: "

Change SCOLDED to :" SEVERELY WATERBOARDED WITHIN AN INCH OF THIER SOON TO BE OVER RINO POLITICAL LIVES" , and I'm with ya.

[LearsFool]

That’s the vast majority of Republican Party politics in a nutshell.

Why should they want smaller government? They’re IN government.

[4rcane]

All those Republicans listed needs to go. They’re either too socialist, or too power hungry and playing politics. Either way, we don’t want them around

[mojitojoe]

Specter, Collins and Snowe, bought and paid for. They are *owned* by the dems.

[4rcane]

Alexander (R-TN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Shelby (R-AL)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)

Not just scolded. KICKED OUT of the Republican party

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

It isn’t difficult to imagine how each of these politcians would fare were they running their own businesses and actually INCREASED spending while business was in a downturn.

[BattleHymn]

Bond is worthless, since he is retiring after he finished his term. I am not surprised by his vote.

[rabscuttle385]

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[Abathar]

Bayh voted for i t??

My jaw just hit the space bar...

[TomasUSMC]

So this amendment would have frozen spending at 2008 levels?

[benjibrowder]

So did McCaskill.

[Mojave]

Why should they want smaller government? They’re IN government.

For life, usually.

[oneamericanvoice]

Talk about derangement syndrome. You can’t just disagree with someone over an issue and then give credit when due. The man tries to do something worthy, and all you can do is stike the same cord.

I disagree with him on the border/illegal immigration and a few more, but this was an action that he should be commended for, not condemned for.

When he said that he had great respect for Al Gore, did you bother to find out what type of respect? Did he respect him as a former VP? I don’t have any respect for Gore, but I respect the office. You should find out how things work.

Oh, and don’t bother sending any nasty you’re-not-a conservative/real-American nonsense. You’d be wrong on all of it.

[oneamericanvoice]

Looks like it. Good for him for trying.

[romborambo]

Perhaps this advice from Saturday Night Live will give the RINO the most basic education about how money works...
http://consumerist.com/consumer/clips/snl-skit-dont-buy-stuff-you-cant-afford-252491.php
In fact, it should be required for anyone applying for a mortgage! (Required by the bank, NOT the gubment.)

[2111USMC]

The main purpose was to extend the extension of last year’s budget. This would allow time for debate over the new godzilla budget.

But NOOOOOOOO, we wouldn’t want to give the public time to see what’s hidden in the new budget.

[rabscuttle385]

Talk about derangement syndrome. You can’t just disagree with someone over an issue and then give credit when due. The man tries to do something worthy, and all you can do is stike the same cord.

I never said that I agreed or disagreed with McCain. The "post" you are referring to is the banner for the ping list. If any of the folks on the ping list have something to say about McCain's amendment, fine, whatever, but at least they know about this amendment.

Of course, you just assume that I'm deranged.