• Did the Vote Pass? Yes
  • Voted Yea 59
  • Voted Nay 26
  • Didn't Vote 5
  • Voted Present 0
This bill calls for $50 billion in new funding for the program that far exceeds the $5 billion requested by the President. In addition to greatly expanding a program that was originally designed to be a limited contribution to State health services, this bill would be a giant step toward government controlled health care.

Legislator's Votes

Official's Name Party District Voted

Daniel Akaka

Democrat

HI

Yea

Lamar Alexander

Republican

TN

Yea

Max Baucus

Democrat

MT

Yea

Evan Bayh

Democrat

IN

Yea

Jeff Bingaman

Democrat

NM

Yea

Christopher Bond

Republican

MO

Yea

Sherrod Brown

Democrat

OH

Yea

Robert Byrd

Democrat

WV

Yea

Maria Cantwell

Democrat

WA

Yea

Ben Cardin

Democrat

MD

Yea

Tom Carper

Democrat

DE

Yea

Bob Casey

Democrat

PA

Yea

Norm Coleman

Republican

MN

Yea

Susan Collins

Republican

ME

Yea

Kent Conrad

Democrat

ND

Yea

Bob Corker

Republican

TN

Yea

Pete Domenici

Republican

NM

Yea

Byron Dorgan

Democrat

ND

Yea

Dick Durbin

Democrat

IL

Yea

Russell Feingold

Democrat

WI

Yea

Dianne Feinstein

Democrat

CA

Yea

Chuck Grassley

Republican

IA

Yea

Thomas Harkin

Democrat

IA

Yea

Kay Hutchison

Republican

TX

Yea

Daniel Inouye

Democrat

HI

Yea

Tim Johnson

Democrat

SD

Yea

Edward Kennedy

Democrat

MA

Yea

John Kerry

Democrat

MA

Yea

Amy Klobuchar

Democrat

MN

Yea

Herbert Kohl

Democrat

WI

Yea

Mary Landrieu

Democrat

LA

Yea

Frank Lautenberg

Democrat

NJ

Yea

Patrick Leahy

Democrat

Yea

Carl Levin

Democrat

MI

Yea

Joseph Lieberman

Independent

CT

Yea

Blanche Lincoln

Democrat

AR

Yea

Richard Lugar

Republican

IN

Yea

Claire McCaskill

Democrat

MO

Yea

Bob Menendez

Democrat

NJ

Yea

Lisa Murkowski

Republican

AK

Yea

Patty Murray

Democrat

WA

Yea

Ben Nelson

Democrat

NE

Yea

Bill Nelson

Democrat

FL

Yea

Mark Pryor

Democrat

AR

Yea

Jack Reed

Democrat

RI

Yea

Pat Roberts

Republican

KS

Yea

John Rockefeller

Democrat

WV

Yea

Ken Salazar

Democrat

CO

Yea

Bernie Sanders

Independent

VT

Yea

Chuck Schumer

Democrat

NY

Yea

Gordon Smith

Republican

OR

Yea

Olympia Snowe

Republican

ME

Yea

Arlen Specter

Democrat

PA

Yea

Debbie Stabenow

Democrat

MI

Yea

Ted Stevens

Republican

AK

Yea

John Sununu

Republican

NH

Yea

Jon Tester

Democrat

MT

Yea

Jim Webb

Democrat

VA

Yea

Sheldon Whitehouse

Democrat

RI

Yea

Wayne Allard

Republican

CO

Nay

John Barrasso

Republican

WY

Nay

Robert Bennett

Republican

UT

Nay

Samuel Brownback

Republican

KS

Nay

Jim Bunning

Republican

KY

Nay

Richard Burr

Republican

Nay

Saxby Chambliss

Republican

GA

Nay

Thomas Coburn

Republican

OK

Nay

John Cornyn

Republican

TX

Nay

Larry Craig

Republican

ID

Nay

Mike Crapo

Republican

ID

Nay

Jim DeMint

Republican

SC

Nay

Elizabeth Dole

Republican

NC

Nay

John Ensign

Republican

NV

Nay

Mike Enzi

Republican

WY

Nay

Lindsey Graham

Republican

SC

Nay

Judd Gregg

Republican

NH

Nay

Charles Hagel

Republican

NE

Nay

Jim Inhofe

Republican

OK

Nay

John Isakson

Republican

GA

Nay

Trent Lott

Republican

MS

Nay

Mel Martinez

Republican

FL

Nay

Mitch McConnell

Republican

KY

Nay

Richard Shelby

Republican

AL

Nay

John Thune

Republican

SD

Nay

George Voinovich

Republican

OH

Nay

Hillary Clinton

Democrat

NY

Missed

Christopher Dodd

Other

CT

Missed

John McCain

Republican

AZ

Missed

John Warner

Republican

VA

Missed

Ron Wyden

Democrat

OR

Missed