Senate vote 153 (2009): On the Amendment, SCONRES13
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Senate vote 153 (2009): On the Amendment, SCONRES13
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- The bill: S.Con.Res. 13: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014. · proposed by Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
- What was asked: On the Amendment (this is not always the final vote on the bill)
- What happened: Amendment Rejected on 2009-04-02 · how each member voted
- Where the bill stands now: Message on Senate action sent to the House. Not final yet: this can still change. its other votes
Question: On the Amendment · To require States to implement drug testing programs for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which would encourage healthy, drug-free families instead of encouraging dependent behavior or on-going drug abuse.
Result: Amendment Rejected · Yea 18 · Nay 79 · Present 0 · Not voting 2 (majority 1/2)
By party
| Party | Yea | Nay | Other / not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 0 | 55 | 2 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Republican | 18 | 23 | 0 |
How each member voted
| Member | State | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEGICH, Mark | AK | D | Nay |
| MURKOWSKI, Lisa | AK | R | Nay |
| SESSIONS, Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff), III | AL | R | Nay |
| SHELBY, Richard C. | AL | R | Nay |
| LINCOLN, Blanche Lambert | AR | D | Nay |
| PRYOR, Mark | AR | D | Nay |
| KYL, Jon Llewellyn | AZ | R | Yea |
| McCAIN, John Sidney, III | AZ | R | Nay |
| BOXER, Barbara | CA | D | Nay |
| FEINSTEIN, Dianne | CA | D | Nay |
| BENNET, Michael F. | CO | D | Nay |
| UDALL, Mark | CO | D | Nay |
| DODD, Christopher John | CT | D | Nay |
| LIEBERMAN, Joseph I. | CT | D | Nay |
| CARPER, Thomas Richard | DE | D | Nay |
| KAUFMAN, Edward E. (Ted) | DE | D | Nay |
| MARTINEZ, Melquiades R. (Mel) | FL | R | Nay |
| NELSON, Clarence William (Bill) | FL | D | Nay |
| CHAMBLISS, Saxby | GA | R | Yea |
| ISAKSON, Johnny | GA | R | Yea |
| AKAKA, Daniel Kahikina | HI | D | Nay |
| INOUYE, Daniel Ken | HI | D | Nay |
| GRASSLEY, Charles Ernest | IA | R | Yea |
| HARKIN, Thomas Richard (Tom) | IA | D | Nay |
| CRAPO, Michael Dean | ID | R | Yea |
| RISCH, James | ID | R | Yea |
| BURRIS, Roland | IL | D | Nay |
| DURBIN, Richard Joseph | IL | D | Nay |
| BAYH, Evan | IN | D | Nay |
| LUGAR, Richard Green | IN | R | Nay |
| BROWNBACK, Sam Dale | KS | R | Yea |
| ROBERTS, Charles Patrick (Pat) | KS | R | Nay |
| BUNNING, James Paul David | KY | R | Yea |
| MCCONNELL, Addison Mitchell (Mitch) | KY | R | Yea |
| LANDRIEU, Mary L. | LA | D | Nay |
| VITTER, David | LA | R | Yea |
| KENNEDY, Edward Moore (Ted) | MA | D | Not Voting |
| KERRY, John Forbes | MA | D | Nay |
| CARDIN, Benjamin Louis | MD | D | Nay |
| MIKULSKI, Barbara Ann | MD | D | Nay |
| COLLINS, Susan Margaret | ME | R | Nay |
| SNOWE, Olympia Jean | ME | R | Nay |
| LEVIN, Carl | MI | D | Nay |
| STABENOW, Deborah Ann | MI | D | Nay |
| KLOBUCHAR, Amy | MN | D | Nay |
| BOND, Christopher Samuel (Kit) | MO | R | Nay |
| McCASKILL, Claire | MO | D | Nay |
| COCHRAN, William Thad | MS | R | Nay |
| WICKER, Roger F. | MS | R | Nay |
| BAUCUS, Max Sieben | MT | D | Nay |
| TESTER, Jon | MT | D | Nay |
| BURR, Richard M. | NC | R | Yea |
| HAGAN, Kay | NC | D | Nay |
| CONRAD, Kent | ND | D | Nay |
| DORGAN, Byron Leslie | ND | D | Nay |
| JOHANNS, Mike | NE | R | Nay |
| NELSON, Earl Benjamin (Ben) | NE | D | Nay |
| GREGG, Judd Alan | NH | R | Nay |
| SHAHEEN, Jeanne | NH | D | Nay |
| LAUTENBERG, Frank Raleigh | NJ | D | Nay |
| MENENDEZ, Robert | NJ | D | Nay |
| BINGAMAN, Jesse Francis (Jeff), Jr. | NM | D | Nay |
| UDALL, Thomas (Tom) | NM | D | Nay |
| ENSIGN, John Eric | NV | R | Yea |
| REID, Harry | NV | D | Nay |
| GILLIBRAND, Kirsten | NY | D | Nay |
| SCHUMER, Charles Ellis (Chuck) | NY | D | Nay |
| BROWN, Sherrod | OH | D | Nay |
| VOINOVICH, George Victor | OH | R | Nay |
| COBURN, Thomas Allen | OK | R | Yea |
| INHOFE, James Mountain | OK | R | Yea |
| MERKLEY, Jeff | OR | D | Nay |
| WYDEN, Ronald Lee | OR | D | Nay |
| CASEY, Robert (Bob), Jr. | PA | D | Nay |
| SPECTER, Arlen | PA | R | Nay |
| REED, John F. (Jack) | RI | D | Nay |
| WHITEHOUSE, Sheldon | RI | D | Nay |
| DeMINT, James W. | SC | R | Yea |
| GRAHAM, Lindsey O. | SC | R | Nay |
| JOHNSON, Timothy Peter (Tim) | SD | D | Nay |
| THUNE, John | SD | R | Nay |
| ALEXANDER, Lamar | TN | R | Nay |
| CORKER, Robert (Bob) | TN | R | Nay |
| CORNYN, John | TX | R | Yea |
| HUTCHISON, Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) | TX | R | Nay |
| BENNETT, Robert Foster (Bob) | UT | R | Nay |
| HATCH, Orrin Grant | UT | R | Nay |
| WARNER, Mark R. | VA | D | Nay |
| WEBB, James H. (Jim) | VA | D | Nay |
| LEAHY, Patrick Joseph | VT | D | Nay |
| SANDERS, Bernard | VT | I | Nay |
| CANTWELL, Maria E. | WA | D | Nay |
| MURRAY, Patty | WA | D | Nay |
| FEINGOLD, Russell Dana | WI | D | Nay |
| KOHL, Herbert H. | WI | D | Nay |
| BYRD, Robert Carlyle | WV | D | Not Voting |
| ROCKEFELLER, John Davison (Jay), IV | WV | D | Nay |
| BARRASSO, John A. | WY | R | Yea |
| ENZI, Michael B. | WY | R | Yea |
President's position (not a member vote)
OBAMA, Barack (D): Not Voting
Voteview lists the President's announced position on some roll calls (member row with state 'USA'). It is shown separately and is not counted in the totals; it is not a vote cast by a member.
Source: Voteview (UCLA), 111th Congress (roll call file) · official record: U.S. Senate vote page · collected 2026-11-15T05:53:18Z
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