Amendment to Repeal Withholding Certain Payments to Contractors

November 10, 2011 | S. Amdt. 928 to H.R. 674
As part of the Republican attack on workplace, safety, environmental, and consumer protections, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) offered an amendment to the bill that would roll back or weaken many federal regulations, including a provision that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. It also would express the sense of Congress in support of a balanced-budget constitutional amendment.

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Failed

YEAs: 40
NAYs: 56

Legislator Sort descending State Party Vote
Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV
WV
Democrat No
Sen. Marco Rubio
FL
Republican Yes
Sen. Bernard Sanders
VT
Independent Independent No
Sen. Charles E. Schumer
NY
Democrat No
Sen. Jeff Sessions
AL
Republican Not Voting
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
NH
Democrat No
Sen. Richard C. Shelby
AL
Republican Yes
Sen. Olympia J. Snowe
ME
Republican No
Sen. Debbie Stabenow
MI
Democrat No
Sen. Jon Tester
MT
Democrat No
Sen. John Thune
SD
Republican Yes
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey
PA
Republican Yes
Sen. Tom Udall
NM
Democrat No
Sen. Mark Udall
CO
Democrat No
Sen. David Vitter
LA
Republican Yes
Sen. Mark Warner
VA
Democrat No
Sen. Jim Webb
VA
Democrat No
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
Democrat No
Sen. Roger Wicker
MS
Republican Yes
Sen. Ron Wyden
OR
Democrat No