Roll Call Vote #161 · 109th Congress · Session 2 · May 26, 2006, 9:48 AM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion PN1446 (PN 1446)
Dirk Kempthorne, of Idaho, to be Secretary of the Interior
Cloture Motion Agreed to (85-8)
85 Yea
8 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 46 senators
45 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 37 senators
25 Yea / 7 Nay
5 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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Joe Biden, Jr. (Democrat–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Hillary Clinton (Democrat–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Dayton (Democrat–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Kerry (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Barbara Mikulski (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bill Nelson (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 85
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- George Allen (VA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Tom Carper
- Lincoln Chafee (RI)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- James Talent (MO)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 8
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Mark Dayton (MN)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Chuck Schumer
Not Voting 7
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- John Thune
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).