The Home Front

Did Your Senators Support the Housing Bill?

By Luke Mullins

Posted: July 29, 2008

Wondering which lawmakers supported or opposed the massive housing legislation that recently cleared the Senate?

Here's the score card:

From the Associated Press:

The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

On this vote, a yes vote was a vote to pass the bill and a no vote was a vote against it.

Voting yes were 43 Democrats, 27 Republicans and two independents.

Voting no were 13 Republicans.

  • Alabama
    • Sessions (R) Yes; Shelby (R) Yes.
  • Alaska
    • Murkowski (R) Yes; Stevens (R) Yes.
  • Arizona
    • Kyl (R) No; McCain (R) Not Voting.
  • Arkansas
    • Lincoln (D) Yes; Pryor (D) Yes.
  • California
    • Boxer (D) Yes; Feinstein (D) Yes.
  • Colorado
    • Allard (R) Not Voting; Salazar (D) Yes.
  • Connecticut
    • Dodd (D) Yes; Lieberman (I) Yes.
  • Delaware
    • Biden (D) Yes; Carper (D) Not Voting.
  • Florida
    • Martinez (R) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes.
  • Georgia
    • Chambliss (R) Yes; Isakson (R) Yes.
  • Hawaii
    • Akaka (D) Yes; Inouye (D) Not Voting.
  • Idaho
    • Craig (R) Yes; Crapo (R) Yes.
  • Illinois
    • Durbin (D) Yes; Obama (D) Not Voting.
  • Indiana
    • Bayh (D) Yes; Lugar (R) Yes.
  • Iowa
    • Grassley (R) No; Harkin (D) Not Voting.
  • Kansas
    • Brownback (R) Yes; Roberts (R) Yes.
  • Kentucky
    • Bunning (R) Not Voting; McConnell (R) Yes.
  • Louisiana
    • Landrieu (D) Yes; Vitter (R) No.
  • Maine
    • Collins (R) Yes; Snowe (R) Yes.
  • Maryland
    • Cardin (D) Yes; Mikulski (D) Yes.
  • Massachusetts
    • Kennedy (D) Not Voting; Kerry (D) Yes.
  • Michigan
    • Levin (D) Yes; Stabenow (D) Yes.
  • Minnesota
    • Coleman (R) Yes; Klobuchar (D) Yes.
  • Mississippi
    • Cochran (R) Yes; Wicker (R) Yes.
  • Missouri
    • Bond (R) Not Voting; McCaskill (D) Yes.
  • Montana
    • Baucus (D) Yes; Tester (D) Yes.
  • Nebraska
    • Hagel (R) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes.
  • Nevada
    • Ensign (R) No; Reid (D) Yes.
  • New Hampshire
    • Gregg (R) Yes; Sununu (R) Yes.
  • New Jersey
    • Lautenberg (D) Yes; Menendez (D) Yes.
  • New Mexico
    • Bingaman (D) Yes; Domenici (R) Yes.
  • New York
    • Clinton (D) Yes; Schumer (D) Yes.
  • North Carolina
    • Burr (R) Not Voting; Dole (R) Not Voting.
  • North Dakota
    • Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) Yes.
  • Ohio
    • Brown (D) Yes; Voinovich (R) Yes.
  • Oklahoma
    • Coburn (R) No; Inhofe (R) Not Voting.
  • Oregon
    • Smith (R) Yes; Wyden (D) Yes.
  • Pennsylvania
    • Casey (D) Yes; Specter (R) Yes.
  • Rhode Island
    • Reed (D) Yes; Whitehouse (D) Yes.
  • South Carolina
    • DeMint (R) No; Graham (R) Not Voting.
  • South Dakota
    • Johnson (D) Yes; Thune (R) No.
  • Tennessee
    • Alexander (R) Yes; Corker (R) No.
  • Texas
    • Cornyn (R) No; Hutchison (R) No.
  • Utah
    • Bennett (R) Yes; Hatch (R) No.
  • Vermont
    • Leahy (D) Yes; Sanders (I) Yes.
  • Virginia
    • Warner (R) Not Voting; Webb (D) Yes.
  • Washington
    • Cantwell (D) Yes; Murray (D) Not Voting.
  • West Virginia
    • Byrd (D) Yes; Rockefeller (D) Yes.
  • Wisconsin
    • Feingold (D) Yes; Kohl (D) Yes.
  • Wyoming
    • Barrasso (R) No; Enzi (R) No.

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