Roll Call Vote #67 · 112th Congress · Session 1 · May 9, 2011, 5:32 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion PN49 (PN 49)
James Michael Cole, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Attorney General (Recess Appointment)
Cloture Motion Rejected (50-40, 3/5 majority required)
50 Yea
40 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 31 senators
28 Yea / 1 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 29 senators
1 Yea / 24 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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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
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 50
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Mark Begich (AK)
- Michael Bennet
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Richard Blumenthal
- Sherrod Brown
- Maria Cantwell
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper
- Bob Casey
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Chris Coons
- Dick Durbin
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Al Franken (MN)
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Kay Hagan (NC)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Amy Klobuchar
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Claire McCaskill (MO)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Patty Murray
- Bill Nelson (FL)
- Ben Nelson (NE)
- Mark Pryor (AR)
- Jack Reed
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester
- Mark Udall (CO)
- Tom Udall (NM)
- Mark Warner
- Jim Webb (VA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 40
- Lamar Alexander (TN)
- Kelly Ayotte (NH)
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Scott Brown (MA)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Saxby Chambliss (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Thomas Coburn (OK)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Bob Corker (TN)
- John Cornyn
- Mike Crapo
- James DeMint (SC)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Chuck Grassley
- Dean Heller (NV)
- John Hoeven
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Johnny Isakson (GA)
- Mike Johanns (NE)
- Ron Johnson
- Mark Kirk (IL)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mike Lee
- Mitch McConnell
- Lisa Murkowski
- Rand Paul
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jim Risch
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Marco Rubio
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- John Thune
- Roger Wicker
Not Voting 10
- John Barrasso
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Lindsey Graham
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Jerry Moran
- Bernie Sanders
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- David Vitter (LA)
Other Votes on PN 49
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Vote #97 On the Nomination PN49Nomination Confirmed (55-42) Jun 28, 2011
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).