Obama and McCain: Key Senate Votes from 2005 through 2008
Greenhouse Gases
June 6, 2008 -- The U.S. Senate refuses to limit debate -- by a vote of 48-36 -- on an amendment for a bill that called for the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases.
McCain: Did not vote
Obama: Did not vote
Drilling in Alaska's Artic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
December 21, 2005 -- The U.S. Senate rejects, by a vote of 56-44, a motion to limit debate on fiscal 2006 Defense spending bill that would open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration.
McCain: Yea
Obama: Nay
Global Warming
June 22, 2005 -- The U.S. Senate rejects -- by a vote of 44-53 -- a motion to table a resolution sponsored by Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) that expressed the opinion of the Senate on climate change legislation. The legislation addresses the need to control the emission of greenhouse gases. The resolution was then adopted by a voice vote.
McCain: Nay
Obama: Nay
(Sources: CQ Weekly; U.S. Senate Legislation Database)