Roll Call Vote #154 · 108th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 8, 2004, 6:32 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S. 2062 (S. 2062)
A bill to amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Rejected (44-43, 3/5 majority required)
44 Yea
43 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 43 senators
34 Yea / 3 Nay
6 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 41 senators
3 Yea / 31 Nay
7 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Larry Craig (Republican–ID) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
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 -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 44
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- William Frist (TN)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mitch McConnell
- Zell Miller (GA)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- James Talent (MO)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 43
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Jon Corzine (NJ)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 13
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- John Edwards (NC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).