The Housing and Economic Recovery Act

Did the Vote Pass? Yes
Voted Yea 66
Voted Nay 10
Didn't Vote 14
Voted Present 0

This is the final vote on the bill that provided a massive (up to $300 billion) bailout to the “Government Sponsored Entities” Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. These two GSEs were in danger of bankruptcy because of their irresponsibly loose lending practices, and they should have been allowed to go bankrupt instead of putting taxpayers on the hook for their misbehavior. In addition, the bill contains an $800 billion increase in the debt ceiling.

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
Robert Bennett	Republican	UT	Yea
Jeff Bingaman	Democrat	NM	Yea
Sherrod Brown	Democrat	OH	Yea
Samuel Brownback	Republican	KS	Yea
Robert Byrd	Democrat	WV	Yea
Maria Cantwell	Democrat	WA	Yea
Ben Cardin	Democrat	MD	Yea
Bob Casey	Democrat	PA	Yea
Saxby Chambliss	Republican	GA	Yea
Hillary Clinton	Democrat	NY	Yea
Norm Coleman	Republican	MN	Yea
Susan Collins	Republican	ME	Yea
Kent Conrad	Democrat	ND	Yea
Larry Craig	Republican	ID	Yea
Mike Crapo	Republican	ID	Yea
Christopher Dodd	Other	CT	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
Judd Gregg	Republican	NH	Yea
Charles Hagel	Republican	NE	Yea
John Isakson	Republican	GA	Yea
Tim Johnson	Democrat	SD	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
Mel Martinez	Republican	FL	Yea
Claire McCaskill	Democrat	MO	Yea
Mitch McConnell	Republican	KY	Yea
Bob Menendez	Democrat	NJ	Yea
Lisa Murkowski	Republican	AK	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
Richard Shelby	Republican	AL	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
George Voinovich	Republican	OH	Yea
Jim Webb	Democrat	VA	Yea
Sheldon Whitehouse	Democrat	RI	Yea
Roger Wicker	Republican	MS	Yea
Ron Wyden	Democrat	OR	Yea
John Barrasso	Republican	WY	Nay
Thomas Coburn	Republican	OK	Nay
Bob Corker	Republican	TN	Nay
John Cornyn	Republican	TX	Nay
Jim DeMint	Republican	SC	Nay
John Ensign	Republican	NV	Nay
Mike Enzi	Republican	WY	Nay
Chuck Grassley	Republican	IA	Nay
Kay Hutchison	Republican	TX	Nay
John Thune	Republican	SD	Nay
Wayne Allard	Republican	CO	Missed
Christopher Bond	Republican	MO	Missed
Jim Bunning	Republican	KY	Missed
Richard Burr	Republican		Missed
Tom Carper	Democrat	DE	Missed
Elizabeth Dole	Republican	NC	Missed
Lindsey Graham	Republican	SC	Missed
Thomas Harkin	Democrat	IA	Missed
Jim Inhofe	Republican	OK	Missed
Daniel Inouye	Democrat	HI	Missed
Edward Kennedy	Democrat	MA	Missed
John McCain	Republican	AZ	Missed
Patty Murray	Democrat	WA	Missed
John Warner	Republican	VA	Missed