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
Democrat 49 senators
35 Yea / 10 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 49 senators
41 Yea / 0 Nay
8 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 2 senators
0 Yea / 0 Nay
2 not voting or present
Crossed Party Lines
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Barbara Boxer (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Sherrod Brown (Democrat–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Maria Cantwell (Democrat–WA) 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 -
Ron Wyden (Democrat–OR) 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 (WY)
- 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 (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
Nay 10
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
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 (VT)
Other Votes on S. 2248
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Vote #2 On the Motion to Table S. 2248Motion to Table Agreed to (60-36) Jan 24, 2008
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Vote #3 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3911 to S. 2248 (FISA Amendments Act of 2007)Cloture Motion Rejected (48-45, 3/5 majority required) Jan 28, 2008
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Vote #4 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3918 to S. 2248 (FISA Amendments Act of 2007)Cloture Motion Rejected (48-45, 3/5 majority required) Jan 28, 2008
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Vote #7 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3930 to S.Amdt. 3911 to S. 2248 (FISA Amendments Act o…Amendment Rejected (49-46, 3/5 majority required) Feb 6, 2008
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Vote #11 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3915 to S.Amdt. 3911 to S. 2248 (FISA Amendments Act o…Amendment Rejected (40-56) Feb 7, 2008
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Vote #12 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3913 to S.Amdt. 3911 to S. 2248 (FISA Amendments Act o…Amendment Rejected (38-57) Feb 7, 2008
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Vote #13 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3910 to S.Amdt. 3911 to S. 2248 (FISA Amendments Act o…Amendment Rejected (57-41, 3/5 majority required) Feb 12, 2008
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Vote #14 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3979 to S.Amdt. 3911 to S. 2248 (FISA Amendments Act o…Amendment Rejected (35-63) Feb 12, 2008
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Vote #15 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3907 to S.Amdt. 3911 to S. 2248 (FISA Amendments Act o…Amendment Rejected (31-67) Feb 12, 2008
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Vote #16 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3912 to S.Amdt. 3911 to S. 2248 (FISA Amendments Act o…Amendment Rejected (37-60) Feb 12, 2008
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).