Senate passes GOP-backed wage increase

A "yes" vote was a vote for the Republican proposal to raise the minimum wage by $1 to $6.15 an hour, over 28 months instead of 13 months and to actually cut taxes by $18.4 billion. (See prececling rollcall story.) A "no" vote was a vote against Including this GOP proposal as part of in the Bankruptcy Reform bill.

FOR THE AMENDMENT: 54

REPUBLICANS FOR (53): Abraham, Allard, Ashcroft, Bennett, Brownback, Bond, Bunning, Bums, Campbell, Chafee, Cochran, Collins, Coverdell, Craig, Crapo, DeWine, Domenici, Enzi, Fitzgerald, Frist, Gorton, Gramm (Tex.), Grams (Minn.), Grassley, Gregg, Hagel, Hatch, Helms, Hutchinson (Ark.), Hutchison (Tex.), Inhofe, Jeffords, Kyl, Lon, Lugar, Mack, McConnell, Murkowski, Nickles, Roberts, Roth, Santorum. Sessions, Shelby, Smith (N.H.), Smith (Ore.), Snowe, Specter, Stevens, Thomas, Thompson, Thurmond and Warner.

DEMOCRATS FOR (1): Cleland.

AGAINST THE AMENDMENT: 44

REPUBLICANS AGAINST (1): Voinovich.

DEMOCRATS AGAINST (43): Akaka, Baucus, Bayh, Biden, Bingaman, Boxer, Breaux, Bryan, Byrd, Conrad, Daschle, Dodd, Dorgan, Durbin, Edwards, Feingold, Feinstein, Graham (Fla.), Harkin, Inouye, Johnson, Kennedy, Kerrey (Neb.), Kerry (Mass.), Kohl, Landrieu, Lautenberg, Leahy, Levin, Lieberman, Lincoln, Mikulski, Moynihan, Murray, Reed (R.I.), Reid (Nev.), Robb, Rockefeller, Sarbanes, Schumer, Torricelli, Wellstone and Wyden.

NOT VOTING: 2

REPUBLICANS (1): McCain.

DEMOCRATS (1): Hollings.

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