Vote Chart:2005-2006 flag burning amendment Senate votes

The flag burning amendment failed to gain the necessary 2/3 majority in the U.S. Senate on June 27, 2006. The vote was 66-34 in favor, with Democrats voting against by 14-30 and Republicans voting in favor by 52-3. . The amendment was sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and cosponsored by 59 senators, including all Republicans but Sens. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), Lincoln Chafee (R-Conn.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). The amendment was cosponsored by Democratic Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Mark Dayton (D-Minn.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Ken Salazar (D-Colo.). (Washington Post vote analysis.)

There was one amendment to the amendment offered by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), which would have turned the constitutional amendment into a simple law and ban "flag desecration" only if it was done in conjunction with the destruction of federal property (if the flag belonged to the government), an incitement of violence or an attempt to intimidate someone. The amendment&mdash;also sponsored by Sens. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Thomas Carper (D-Del.), Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.)&mdash;failed 36-64.