Senate Passes Syria Accountability Act
On November 11, 2003, the Senate voted 89-4 for the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 which calls for a halt to Syrian support for terrorism, an end to its occupation of Lebanon, a halt to its development of weapons of mass destruction, and a cessation of its illegal importation of Iraqi oil. It also holds Syria generally accountable for its role in the Middle East. On November 20, the House voted 408-8 to accept the Senate amendments to the bill.
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 108th Congress - 1st Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote SummaryQuestion: On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 1828 As Amended )
Vote Number: 445
Vote Date: November 11, 2003, 03:25 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Bill Passed
Measure Number: H.R. 1828 (Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 )
Measure Title: A bill to halt Syrian support for terrorism, end its occupation of Lebanon, stop its development of weapons of mass destruction, cease its illegal importation of Iraqi oil and illegal shipments of weapons and other military items to Iraq, and by so doing hold Syria accountable for the serious international security problems it has caused in the Middle East, and for other purposes.
| Vote Counts: | YEAs | 89 |
| NAYs | 4 | |
| Not Voting | 7 |
Alphabetical by Senator Name
| Akaka (D-HI), Yea Alexander (R-TN), Yea Allard (R-CO), Yea Allen (R-VA), Yea Baucus (D-MT), Yea Bayh (D-IN), Yea Bennett (R-UT), Yea Biden (D-DE), Yea Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Bond (R-MO), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Yea Breaux (D-LA), Yea Brownback (R-KS), Yea Bunning (R-KY), Yea Burns (R-MT), Yea Byrd (D-WV), Nay Campbell (R-CO), Not Voting Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Chafee (R-RI), Nay Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Clinton (D-NY), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Yea Coleman (R-MN), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Conrad (D-ND), Yea Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Corzine (D-NJ), Yea Craig (R-ID), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea Daschle (D-SD), Yea Dayton (D-MN), Yea DeWine (R-OH), Yea Dodd (D-CT), Yea | Dole (R-NC), Yea Domenici (R-NM), Yea Dorgan (D-ND), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Yea Edwards (D-NC), Yea Ensign (R-NV), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Nay Feingold (D-WI), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Fitzgerald (R-IL), Yea Frist (R-TN), Yea Graham (D-FL), Not Voting Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagel (R-NE), Not Voting Harkin (D-IA), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Yea Hollings (D-SC), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Inouye (D-HI), Not Voting Jeffords (I-VT), Nay Johnson (D-SD), Yea Kennedy (D-MA), Yea Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Levin (D-MI), Yea Lieberman (D-CT), Not Voting Lincoln (D-AR), Yea | Lott (R-MS), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Miller (D-GA), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Not Voting Nickles (R-OK), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Santorum (R-PA), Yea Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea Smith (R-OR), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea Specter (R-PA), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Yea Stevens (R-AK), Yea Sununu (R-NH), Yea Talent (R-MO), Yea Thomas (R-WY), Yea Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (R-VA), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
| Vote Summary | By Senator Name | By Vote Position | By Home State |
Grouped By Vote Position
| YEAs ---89 | ||
| Akaka (D-HI) Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Bond (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Breaux (D-LA) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Chambliss (R-GA) Clinton (D-NY) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Cornyn (R-TX) Corzine (D-NJ) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) Daschle (D-SD) Dayton (D-MN) DeWine (R-OH) | Dodd (D-CT) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Edwards (D-NC) Ensign (R-NV) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Fitzgerald (R-IL) Frist (R-TN) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Harkin (D-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Hollings (D-SC) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lincoln (D-AR) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) | McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Mikulski (D-MD) Miller (D-GA) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nickles (R-OK) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Roberts (R-KS) Rockefeller (D-WV) Santorum (R-PA) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Talent (R-MO) Thomas (R-WY) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA) Wyden (D-OR) |
| NAYs ---4 | ||
| Byrd (D-WV) Chafee (R-RI) | Enzi (R-WY) Jeffords (I-VT) | |
| Not Voting - 7 | ||
| Campbell (R-CO) Graham (D-FL) Hagel (R-NE) | Inouye (D-HI) Kerry (D-MA) Lieberman (D-CT) | Nelson (D-NE) |
| Vote Summary | By Senator Name | By Vote Position | By Home State |
| Alabama: | Sessions (R-AL), Yea | Shelby (R-AL), Yea |
| Alaska: | Murkowski (R-AK), Yea | Stevens (R-AK), Yea |
| Arizona: | Kyl (R-AZ), Yea | McCain (R-AZ), Yea |
| Arkansas: | Lincoln (D-AR), Yea | Pryor (D-AR), Yea |
| California: | Boxer (D-CA), Yea | Feinstein (D-CA), Yea |
| Colorado: | Allard (R-CO), Yea | Campbell (R-CO), Not Voting |
| Connecticut: | Dodd (D-CT), Yea | Lieberman (D-CT), Not Voting |
| Delaware: | Biden (D-DE), Yea | Carper (D-DE), Yea |
| Florida: | Graham (D-FL), Not Voting | Nelson (D-FL), Yea |
| Georgia: | Chambliss (R-GA), Yea | Miller (D-GA), Yea |
| Hawaii: | Akaka (D-HI), Yea | Inouye (D-HI), Not Voting |
| Idaho: | Craig (R-ID), Yea | Crapo (R-ID), Yea |
| Illinois: | Durbin (D-IL), Yea | Fitzgerald (R-IL), Yea |
| Indiana: | Bayh (D-IN), Yea | Lugar (R-IN), Yea |
| Iowa: | Grassley (R-IA), Yea | Harkin (D-IA), Yea |
| Kansas: | Brownback (R-KS), Yea | Roberts (R-KS), Yea |
| Kentucky: | Bunning (R-KY), Yea | McConnell (R-KY), Yea |
| Louisiana: | Breaux (D-LA), Yea | Landrieu (D-LA), Yea |
| Maine: | Collins (R-ME), Yea | Snowe (R-ME), Yea |
| Maryland: | Mikulski (D-MD), Yea | Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea |
| Massachusetts: | Kennedy (D-MA), Yea | Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting |
| Michigan: | Levin (D-MI), Yea | Stabenow (D-MI), Yea |
| Minnesota: | Coleman (R-MN), Yea | Dayton (D-MN), Yea |
| Mississippi: | Cochran (R-MS), Yea | Lott (R-MS), Yea |
| Missouri: | Bond (R-MO), Yea | Talent (R-MO), Yea |
| Montana: | Baucus (D-MT), Yea | Burns (R-MT), Yea |
| Nebraska: | Hagel (R-NE), Not Voting | Nelson (D-NE), Not Voting |
| Nevada: | Ensign (R-NV), Yea | Reid (D-NV), Yea |
| New Hampshire: | Gregg (R-NH), Yea | Sununu (R-NH), Yea |
| New Jersey: | Corzine (D-NJ), Yea | Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea |
| New Mexico: | Bingaman (D-NM), Yea | Domenici (R-NM), Yea |
| New York: | Clinton (D-NY), Yea | Schumer (D-NY), Yea |
| North Carolina: | Dole (R-NC), Yea | Edwards (D-NC), Yea |
| North Dakota: | Conrad (D-ND), Yea | Dorgan (D-ND), Yea |
| Ohio: | DeWine (R-OH), Yea | Voinovich (R-OH), Yea |
| Oklahoma: | Inhofe (R-OK), Yea | Nickles (R-OK), Yea |
| Oregon: | Smith (R-OR), Yea | Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
| Pennsylvania: | Santorum (R-PA), Yea | Specter (R-PA), Yea |
| Rhode Island: | Chafee (R-RI), Nay | Reed (D-RI), Yea |
| South Carolina: | Graham (R-SC), Yea | Hollings (D-SC), Yea |
| South Dakota: | Daschle (D-SD), Yea | Johnson (D-SD), Yea |
| Tennessee: | Alexander (R-TN), Yea | Frist (R-TN), Yea |
| Texas: | Cornyn (R-TX), Yea | Hutchison (R-TX), Yea |
| Utah: | Bennett (R-UT), Yea | Hatch (R-UT), Yea |
| Vermont: | Jeffords (I-VT), Nay | Leahy (D-VT), Yea |
| Virginia: | Allen (R-VA), Yea | Warner (R-VA), Yea |
| Washington: | Cantwell (D-WA), Yea | Murray (D-WA), Yea |
| West Virginia: | Byrd (D-WV), Nay | Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea |
| Wisconsin: | Feingold (D-WI), Yea | Kohl (D-WI), Yea |
| Wyoming: | Enzi (R-WY), Nay | Thomas (R-WY), Yea |
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