Roll Call Vote #116 · 109th Congress · Session 2 · May 8, 2006, 5:54 PM (ET)
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 23 (S. 23)
A bill to improve women's access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (49-44, 3/5 majority required)
49 Yea
44 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
49 Yea / 3 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 44 senators
0 Yea / 41 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Crossed Party Lines
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Mike Crapo (Republican–ID) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lindsey Graham (Republican–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 49
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- 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)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 44
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 7
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).