Roll Call Vote #19 · 110th Congress · Session 2 · Feb 12, 2008, 12:18 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 (69-29, 3/5 majority required)
69 Yea
29 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 38 senators
18 Yea / 19 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 38 senators
38 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Evan Bayh (Democrat–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Tim Johnson (Democrat–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Blanche Lincoln (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Claire McCaskill (Democrat–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Barbara Mikulski (Democrat–MD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bill Nelson (Democrat–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kenneth Salazar (Democrat–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jim Webb (Democrat–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 69
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- 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)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- 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)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger Wicker
Nay 29
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Patty Murray
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 2
Other Votes on S. 2248
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).