Roll Call Vote #65 · 111th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 24, 2009, 11:16 AM (ET)
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 160 (S. 160)
A bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (62-34, 3/5 majority required)
62 Yea
34 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
52 Yea / 2 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 41 senators
8 Yea / 32 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 2 senators
2 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) 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 -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) 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 62
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- 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)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- 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)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 34
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso (WY)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- 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)
- John Thune (SD)
- David Vitter (LA)
- Roger Wicker (MS)
Not Voting 3
- James DeMint (SC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
Other Votes on S. 160
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Vote #67 On the Point of Order S. 160Point of Order Not Well Taken (36-62) Feb 25, 2009
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Vote #68 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 581 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Right…Amendment Rejected (7-91) Feb 25, 2009
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Vote #69 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 585 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Right…Amendment Rejected (30-67) Feb 26, 2009
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Vote #70 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 591 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Right…Amendment Agreed to (57-41) Feb 26, 2009
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Vote #71 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 573 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Right…Amendment Agreed to (87-11) Feb 26, 2009
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Vote #72 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 575 to S. 160 (District of Columbia House Voting Right…Amendment Agreed to (62-36) Feb 26, 2009
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Vote #73 On Passage of the Bill S. 160Bill Passed (61-37, 3/5 majority required) Feb 26, 2009
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).