A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for comprehensive reform and for other purposes.

On Apr 7, 2006, the Senate voted 36–62 on “On the Cloture Motion” (S 2454). Result: Cloture Motion Rejected. By party: Republicans 34–20, Democrats 2–41, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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: 36
No: 62
Did not vote: 3
Date: Apr 7, 2006

By party

Republicans34 yes · 20 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 41 no · 2 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL voted no
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
Norm Coleman R-MN voted no
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE voted no
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted yes
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
George Victor Voinovich R-OH voted no
Michael Dewine R-OH voted no
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted no
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Lisa Murkowski R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
David Vitter R-LA
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
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
John E. Sununu R-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
James W. Demint R-SC
John Thune R-SD
Lamar Alexander R-TN
William H. Frist 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
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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