Roll Call Vote #244 · 107th Congress · Session 2 · Nov 15, 2002, 10:54 AM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 4901 to H.R. 5005 (Homeland Security Act of 2002)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4901 (To establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.)
Cloture Motion Agreed to (65-29, 3/5 majority required)
65 Yea
29 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 44 senators
42 Yea / 0 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 42 senators
16 Yea / 22 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independence Party (Minnesota) 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Evan Bayh (Democrat–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jean Carnahan (Democrat–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Max Cleland (Democrat–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Thomas Daschle (Democrat–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Edwards (Democrat–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Tim Johnson (Democrat–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Blanche Lincoln (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Zell Miller (Democrat–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 65
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Dean Barkley (MN)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Maria Cantwell
- Jean Carnahan (MO)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Edwards (NC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- William Frist (TN)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Zell Miller (GA)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- 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)
Nay 29
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Tom Carper
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 6
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).