• Did the Vote Pass? No
  • Voted Yea 44
  • Voted Nay 40
  • Didn't Vote 6
  • Voted Present 0
To create a bipartisan, bicameral special committee to investigate the insertion of an earmark for Coconut Road into a 2005 highway bill. This is one step in reforming earmark abuse.

Legislator's Votes

Official's Name Party District Voted

Wayne Allard

Republican

CO

Yea

John Barrasso

Republican

WY

Yea

Evan Bayh

Democrat

IN

Yea

Robert Bennett

Republican

UT

Yea

Christopher Bond

Republican

MO

Yea

Samuel Brownback

Republican

KS

Yea

Jim Bunning

Republican

KY

Yea

Richard Burr

Republican

Yea

Ben Cardin

Democrat

MD

Yea

Saxby Chambliss

Republican

GA

Yea

Thomas Coburn

Republican

OK

Yea

Norm Coleman

Republican

MN

Yea

Susan Collins

Republican

ME

Yea

Bob Corker

Republican

TN

Yea

John Cornyn

Republican

TX

Yea

Larry Craig

Republican

ID

Yea

Mike Crapo

Republican

ID

Yea

Jim DeMint

Republican

SC

Yea

Elizabeth Dole

Republican

NC

Yea

Pete Domenici

Republican

NM

Yea

John Ensign

Republican

NV

Yea

Mike Enzi

Republican

WY

Yea

Russell Feingold

Democrat

WI

Yea

Lindsey Graham

Republican

SC

Yea

Chuck Grassley

Republican

IA

Yea

Judd Gregg

Republican

NH

Yea

Kay Hutchison

Republican

TX

Yea

Jim Inhofe

Republican

OK

Yea

John Isakson

Republican

GA

Yea

Amy Klobuchar

Democrat

MN

Yea

Mel Martinez

Republican

FL

Yea

Claire McCaskill

Democrat

MO

Yea

Mitch McConnell

Republican

KY

Yea

Lisa Murkowski

Republican

AK

Yea

Bill Nelson

Democrat

FL

Yea

Pat Roberts

Republican

KS

Yea

Richard Shelby

Republican

AL

Yea

Gordon Smith

Republican

OR

Yea

Arlen Specter

Democrat

PA

Yea

Ted Stevens

Republican

AK

Yea

John Sununu

Republican

NH

Yea

John Thune

Republican

SD

Yea

John Warner

Republican

VA

Yea

Roger Wicker

Republican

MS

Yea

Daniel Akaka

Democrat

HI

Nay

Max Baucus

Democrat

MT

Nay

Jeff Bingaman

Democrat

NM

Nay

Sherrod Brown

Democrat

OH

Nay

Robert Byrd

Democrat

WV

Nay

Maria Cantwell

Democrat

WA

Nay

Tom Carper

Democrat

DE

Nay

Bob Casey

Democrat

PA

Nay

Kent Conrad

Democrat

ND

Nay

Christopher Dodd

Other

CT

Nay

Byron Dorgan

Democrat

ND

Nay

Dick Durbin

Democrat

IL

Nay

Dianne Feinstein

Democrat

CA

Nay

Thomas Harkin

Democrat

IA

Nay

Tim Johnson

Democrat

SD

Nay

Edward Kennedy

Democrat

MA

Nay

John Kerry

Democrat

MA

Nay

Herbert Kohl

Democrat

WI

Nay

Mary Landrieu

Democrat

LA

Nay

Frank Lautenberg

Democrat

NJ

Nay

Patrick Leahy

Democrat

Nay

Carl Levin

Democrat

MI

Nay

Joseph Lieberman

Independent

CT

Nay

Blanche Lincoln

Democrat

AR

Nay

Bob Menendez

Democrat

NJ

Nay

Patty Murray

Democrat

WA

Nay

Ben Nelson

Democrat

NE

Nay

Mark Pryor

Democrat

AR

Nay

Jack Reed

Democrat

RI

Nay

John Rockefeller

Democrat

WV

Nay

Ken Salazar

Democrat

CO

Nay

Bernie Sanders

Independent

VT

Nay

Chuck Schumer

Democrat

NY

Nay

Olympia Snowe

Republican

ME

Nay

Debbie Stabenow

Democrat

MI

Nay

Jon Tester

Democrat

MT

Nay

George Voinovich

Republican

OH

Nay

Jim Webb

Democrat

VA

Nay

Sheldon Whitehouse

Democrat

RI

Nay

Ron Wyden

Democrat

OR

Nay

Lamar Alexander

Republican

TN

Missed

Hillary Clinton

Democrat

NY

Missed

Charles Hagel

Republican

NE

Missed

Daniel Inouye

Democrat

HI

Missed

Richard Lugar

Republican

IN

Missed

John McCain

Republican

AZ

Missed