Roll Call Vote #210 · 110th Congress · Session 2 · Oct 1, 2008, 8:04 PM (ET)
On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amdt. To the Senate Amdt. to H.R. 2095) (H.R. 2095)
A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes.
Motion Agreed to (74-24)
74 Yea
24 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 38 senators
36 Yea / 0 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 38 senators
17 Yea / 21 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Lamar Alexander (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Bennett (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Norm Coleman (Republican–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Corker (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Elizabeth Dole (Republican–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) 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 -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Johnny Isakson (Republican–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Pat Roberts (Republican–KS) 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 -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Warner (Republican–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 74
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Hillary Clinton (NY)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Norm Coleman (MN)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Elizabeth Dole (NC)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Chuck Grassley
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- 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)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Barack Obama (IL)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Kenneth Salazar (CO)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Jon Tester
- John Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Roger Wicker
- Ron Wyden
Nay 24
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Barrasso
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Sununu (NH)
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
Not Voting 2
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
Other Votes on H.R. 2095
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Vote #209 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 2095Cloture Motion Agreed to (69-17, 3/5 majority required) Sep 29, 2008
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).