Roll Call Vote #227 · 107th Congress · Session 2 · Sep 26, 2002, 5:31 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 4738 to S.Amdt. 4471 to H.R. 5005 (Homeland Security Act of 2002)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4738 (To prevent terrorist attacks within the United States.)
Cloture Motion Rejected (44-53, 3/5 majority required)
44 Yea
53 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 44 senators
1 Yea / 41 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 43 senators
34 Yea / 8 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Barbara Boxer (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lincoln Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Thomas Daschle (Democrat–SD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ted Kennedy (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Zell Miller (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Paul Sarbanes (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 44
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Maria Cantwell
- Jean Carnahan (MO)
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- John Edwards (NC)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Chuck Schumer
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 53
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- William Frist (TN)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Zell Miller (GA)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 3
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).