Roll Call Vote #278 · 111th Congress · Session 2 · Dec 18, 2010, 11:09 AM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 5281 (H.R. 5281)
A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and improve certain provisions relating to the removal of litigation against Federal officers or agencies to Federal courts, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Rejected (55-41, 3/5 majority required)
55 Yea
41 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 37 senators
33 Yea / 4 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 31 senators
2 Yea / 26 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Bennett (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kay Hagan (Democrat–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Nelson (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 55
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- 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)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Lisa Murkowski
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Bernie Sanders
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 41
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- John Barrasso
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- John Ensign (NV)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lindsey Graham
- Chuck Grassley
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- George LeMieux (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Jon Tester
- John Thune
- David Vitter (LA)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- Roger Wicker
Not Voting 4
- James Bunning (KY)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).