A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.

On Nov 16, 2007, the Senate voted 53–45 on “On the Cloture Motion” (HR 4156). Result: Cloture Motion Rejected. By party: Democrats 48–2, Republicans 4–43, Independents 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 6 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 Rejected
Yes: 53
No: 45
Did not vote: 4
Date: Nov 16, 2007

By party

Republicans4 yes · 43 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats48 yes · 2 no
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE voted yes
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Lisa Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
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
Norm Coleman R-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
Richard M. Burr R-NC
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
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Arlen Specter R-PA
James W. Demint R-SC
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
John Thune R-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
John William Warner R-VA
John A. Barrasso R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “A bill making emergency supplemental…: Senate Vote, Nov 16, 2007,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-S-411/a-bill-making-emergency-supplemental-appropriations-for-the-department (accessed 2026-10-17).