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
Republican 39 senators
0 Yea / 36 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 38 senators
31 Yea / 1 Nay
6 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) 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
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- 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
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 47
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Barrasso
- 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
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- 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
- Lisa Murkowski
- 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
- 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)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Other Votes on H.R. 1585
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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
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Vote #359 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 1585Bill Passed (92-3) Oct 1, 2007
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Vote #433 On the Conference Report H.R. 1585Conference Report Agreed to (90-3) Dec 14, 2007
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).