Roll Call Vote #206 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Jun 10, 2009, 12:30 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 1256 (H.R. 1256)
To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Agreed to (67-30, 3/5 majority required)
67 Yea
30 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 57 senators
54 Yea / 1 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 40 senators
11 Yea / 29 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent 2 senators
2 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Corker (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Cornyn (Republican–TX) 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 -
Kay Hagan (Democrat–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mike Johanns (Republican–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Thune (Republican–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 67
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Roland Burris (IL)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kaufman (DE)
- 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)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- John Thune (SD)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 30
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mel Martinez (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Not Voting 2
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
Other Votes on H.R. 1256
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Vote #203 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 1256Cloture Motion Agreed to (84-11, 3/5 majority required) Jun 2, 2009
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Vote #204 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1247 to H.R. 1256 (Family Smoking Prevention and …Cloture Motion Agreed to (61-30, 3/5 majority required) Jun 8, 2009
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Vote #205 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1246 to S.Amdt. 1247 to H.R. 1256 (Family Smoking Prev…Amendment Rejected (36-60) Jun 9, 2009
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Vote #207 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 1256Bill Passed (79-17) Jun 11, 2009
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).