John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the

On May 26, 2005, the Senate voted 56–42 on “On the Cloture Motion” (PN 326). Result: Cloture Motion Rejected. By party: Republicans 53–1, Democrats 3–40, Independents 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 4 members voted against their own party.

During the 109th Congress (2005–2006), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Cloture Motion Rejected
Yes: 56
No: 42
Did not vote: 3
Date: May 26, 2005

By party

Republicans53 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 40 no · 2 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Mark Pryor D-AR voted yes
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted yes
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted yes
William H. Frist R-TN voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Lisa Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Mark Pryor D-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
David Vitter R-LA
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Norm Coleman R-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
James Matthes Talent R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
Richard M. Burr R-NC
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
John E. Sununu R-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
John Eric Ensign R-NV
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
James W. Demint R-SC
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
John Thune R-SD
Lamar Alexander R-TN
John Cornyn R-TX
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
George Allen R-VA
John William Warner R-VA
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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