To place flexible limits on the use of information obtained using unlawful procedures.

On Feb 7, 2008, the Senate voted 40–56 on “On the Amendment” (S 2248). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 0–48, Democrats 39–8, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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: Amendment Rejected
Yes: 40
No: 56
Did not vote: 6
Date: Feb 7, 2008

By party

Republicans0 yes · 48 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats39 yes · 8 no · 3 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Mark Pryor D-AR voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE voted no
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
Evan Bayh D-IN voted no
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted no
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted no
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no

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
Mark Pryor D-AR
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Evan Bayh D-IN
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
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
Richard M. Burr R-NC
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-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
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Arlen Specter R-PA
James W. Demint R-SC
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
John William Warner R-VA
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
John A. Barrasso R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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