Roll Call Vote #191 · 110th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 30, 2008, 11:18 AM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S. 2035 (S. 2035)
A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
Cloture Motion Rejected (51-43, 3/5 majority required)
51 Yea
43 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 38 senators
33 Yea / 1 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 38 senators
3 Yea / 34 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Chuck Hagel (Republican–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Gordon Smith (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 51
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 43
- 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)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- 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)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Sununu (NH)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 6
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Roger Wicker
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).