Senate roll call 398 · 110th Congress · Oct 30, 2007
A bill to reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes.
On Oct 30, 2007, the Senate voted 79–13 on “On the Cloture Motion” (S 294). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Republicans 33–13, Democrats 45–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 110th Congress (2007–2008), George W. Bush was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Result
- Cloture Motion Agreed to
- Yes
- 79
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Oct 30, 2007
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 13 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Democrats45 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted no
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted no
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA voted no
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS voted no
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
- John E. Sununu R-NH voted no
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
- John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
- James W. Demint R-SC voted no
- John A. Barrasso R-WY voted no
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY voted no
The bill
S. 294: Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Norm Coleman R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- James W. Demint R-SC
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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