Amendment to Limit Federal Employee Pay and Cut Discretionary Spending

June 17, 2010 | S.Amdt. 4376 to H.R. 4213
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) proposed an amendment to the "Jobs Bill" to freeze federal employee pay for one year, cap the number of federal workers and cut discretionary spending by 5 percent across the board for all federal agencies except the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Failed

YEAs: 41
NAYs: 57

Legislator Sort descending State Party Vote
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
Democrat No
Sen. Bob Casey
PA
Democrat No
Sen. Saxby Chambliss
GA
Republican Yes
Sen. Tom Coburn
OK
Republican Yes
Sen. Thad Cochran
MS
Republican Yes
Sen. Susan Collins
ME
Republican Yes
Sen. Kent Conrad
ND
Democrat No
Sen. Bob Corker
TN
Republican Yes
Sen. John Cornyn
TX
Republican Yes
Sen. Michael D. Crapo
ID
Republican Yes
Sen. Jim DeMint
SC
Republican Yes
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd
CT
Democrat No
Sen. Byron L. Dorgan
ND
Democrat No
Sen. Richard J. Durbin
IL
Democrat No
Sen. John Ensign
NV
Republican Yes
Sen. Michael B. Enzi
WY
Republican Yes
Sen. Russ Feingold
WI
Democrat No
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
CA
Democrat No
Sen. Al Franken
MN
Democrat No
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
NY
Democrat No