Roll Call Vote #249 · 110th Congress · Session 1 · Jul 17, 2007, 8:34 PM (ET)
On the Motion (Motion to Instruct the Sgt. At Arms) (H.R. 1585)
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Motion Rejected (44-47)
44 Yea
47 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 49 senators
43 Yea / 0 Nay
6 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 49 senators
0 Yea / 46 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 2 senators
1 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Joseph Lieberman (Independent–CT) 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)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 47
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 9
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- William Cochran (MS)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Other Votes on H.R. 1585
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Vote #241 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 2012 to S.Amdt. 2011 to H.R. 1585 (National Defen…Cloture Motion Rejected (56-41, 3/5 majority required) Jul 11, 2007
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Vote #242 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2073 to S.Amdt. 2011 to H.R. 1585 (National Defense Au…Amendment Agreed to (97-0) Jul 11, 2007
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Vote #243 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2032 to S.Amdt. 2011 to H.R. 1585 (National Defense Au…Amendment Rejected (52-45, 3/5 majority required) Jul 11, 2007
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Vote #244 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2078 to H.R. 1585 (National Defense Authorization Act …Amendment Rejected (41-55, 3/5 majority required) Jul 11, 2007
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Vote #245 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2024 to S.Amdt. 2011 to H.R. 1585 (National Defense Au…Amendment Agreed to (90-5) Jul 12, 2007
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Vote #246 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2019 to S.Amdt. 2011 to H.R. 1585 (National Defense Au…Amendment Agreed to (94-0) Jul 12, 2007
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Vote #247 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2135 to S.Amdt. 2011 to H.R. 1585 (National Defense Au…Amendment Agreed to (87-1) Jul 13, 2007
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Vote #248 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2100 to S.Amdt. 2011 to H.R. 1585 (National Defense Au…Amendment Agreed to (94-3) Jul 17, 2007
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Vote #250 On the Motion (Motion to Instruct the Sgt. at Arms)Motion Agreed to (41-37) Jul 17, 2007
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Vote #251 On the Motion (Motion to Instruct Sgt. At Arms)Motion Agreed to (37-23) Jul 18, 2007
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).