Roll Call Vote #126 · 110th Congress · Session 2 · May 13, 2008, 12:24 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 980 (H.R. 980)
A bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions.
Cloture Motion Agreed to (69-29, 3/5 majority required)
69 Yea
29 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 49 senators
49 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 49 senators
18 Yea / 29 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 2 senators
2 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Saxby Chambliss (Republican–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Norm Coleman (Republican–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Chuck Grassley (Republican–IA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Judd Gregg (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Chuck Hagel (Republican–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mel Martinez (Republican–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mitch McConnell (Republican–KY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Gordon Smith (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Sununu (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Thune (Republican–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
George Voinovich (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 69
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- John Thune (SD)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 29
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- David Vitter (LA)
- John Warner (VA)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Not Voting 2
- James Inhofe (OK)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
Other Votes on H.R. 980
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Vote #127 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4763 to H.R. 980 (Public Safety Employer-Employe…Motion to Table Agreed to (55-42) May 14, 2008
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).