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Senate roll call on 'cash for clunkers' program
The 60-36 roll call by which the Senate on Thursday voted to support a "cash for clunkers" program that would offer government incentives to consumers who trade in vehicles that get poor gas mileage.
The 60-36 roll call by which the Senate on Thursday voted to support a "cash for clunkers" program that would offer government incentives to consumers who trade in vehicles that get poor gas mileage.
On this vote, a "yes" vote was a vote for the program and a "no" vote was a vote against it. Supporters needed 60 votes to keep the program as part of a $106 billion war-spending plan.
Voting "yes" were 54 Democrats, 4 Republicans and 2 independents.
Voting "no" were 1 Democrat and 35 Republicans.
Alabama
Sessions (R) No; Shelby (R) No.
Alaska
Begich (D) Yes; Murkowski (R) No.
Arizona
Kyl (R) No; McCain (R) No.
Arkansas
Lincoln (D) Yes; Pryor (D) Yes.
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California
Boxer (D) Yes; Feinstein (D) Yes.
Colorado
Bennet (D) Yes; Udall (D) Yes.
Connecticut
Dodd (D) Yes; Lieberman (I) Yes.
Delaware
Carper (D) Yes; Kaufman (D) Yes.
Florida
Martinez (R) No; Nelson (D) Yes.
Georgia
Chambliss (R) No; Isakson (R) No.
Hawaii
Akaka (D) Yes; Inouye (D) Yes.
Idaho
Crapo (R) No; Risch (R) No.
Illinois
Burris (D) Yes; Durbin (D) Yes.
Indiana
Bayh (D) Yes; Lugar (R) No.
Iowa
Grassley (R) No; Harkin (D) Yes.
Kansas
Brownback (R) No; Roberts (R) No.
Kentucky
Bunning (R) No; McConnell (R) No.
Louisiana
Landrieu (D) Yes; Vitter (R) No.
Maine
Collins (R) Yes; Snowe (R) No.
Maryland
Cardin (D) Yes; Mikulski (D) Yes.
Massachusetts
Kennedy (D) Not Voting; Kerry (D) Yes.
Michigan
Levin (D) Yes; Stabenow (D) Yes.
Minnesota
Klobuchar (D) Yes.
Mississippi
Cochran (R) Yes; Wicker (R) No.
Missouri
Bond (R) Yes; McCaskill (D) Yes.
Montana
Baucus (D) Yes; Tester (D) Yes.
Nebraska
Johanns (R) No; Nelson (D) No.
Nevada
Ensign (R) Not Voting; Reid (D) Yes.
New Hampshire
Gregg (R) No; Shaheen (D) Yes.
New Jersey
Lautenberg (D) Yes; Menendez (D) Yes.
New Mexico
Bingaman (D) Yes; Udall (D) Yes.
New York
Gillibrand (D) Yes; Schumer (D) Yes.
North Carolina
Burr (R) No; Hagan (D) Yes.
North Dakota
Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) Yes.
Ohio
Brown (D) Yes; Voinovich (R) Yes.
Oklahoma
Coburn (R) No; Inhofe (R) No.
Oregon
Merkley (D) Yes; Wyden (D) Yes.
Pennsylvania
Casey (D) Yes; Specter (D) Yes.
Rhode Island
Reed (D) Yes; Whitehouse (D) Yes.
South Carolina
DeMint (R) No; Graham (R) No.
South Dakota
Johnson (D) Yes; Thune (R) No.
Tennessee
Alexander (R) No; Corker (R) No.
Texas
Cornyn (R) No; Hutchison (R) No.
Utah
Bennett (R) No; Hatch (R) No.
Vermont
Leahy (D) Yes; Sanders (I) Yes.
Virginia
Warner (D) Yes; Webb (D) Yes.
Washington
Cantwell (D) Yes; Murray (D) Yes.
West Virginia
Byrd (D) Not Voting; Rockefeller (D) Yes.
Wisconsin
Feingold (D) Yes; Kohl (D) Yes.
Wyoming
Barrasso (R) No; Enzi (R) No.
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