Roll Call Vote #435 · 110th Congress · Session 1 · Dec 17, 2007, 12:19 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S. 2248 (S. 2248)
An original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Agreed to (76-10, 3/5 majority required)
76 Yea
10 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 39 senators
31 Yea / 0 Nay
8 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 38 senators
27 Yea / 7 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Crossed Party Lines
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Barbara Boxer (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Benjamin Cardin (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) 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 -
Robert Menendez (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 76
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Chuck Schumer
- 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)
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
Nay 10
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 14
- A. Allard (CO)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Bernie Sanders
Other Votes on S. 2248
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).