A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes.

On Jul 10, 2008, the Senate voted 84–12 on “On the Cloture Motion” (HR 3221). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Republicans 36–12, Democrats 47–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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: 84
No: 12
Did not vote: 6
Date: Jul 10, 2008

By party

Republicans36 yes · 12 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats47 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID voted no
James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
David Vitter R-LA voted no
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO 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 Cornyn R-TX voted no
John A. Barrasso R-WY voted no
Michael B. Enzi R-WY voted no

The bill

H.R. 3221: Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

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
Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
Mark Pryor D-AR
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss 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
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
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
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
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
Claire Mccaskill D-MO
Roger F. Wicker 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
John E. Sununu R-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
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
Ronald Lee Wyden D-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
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

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “A bill to provide needed housing reform and…: Senate Vote, Jul 10…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-S-612/a-bill-to-provide-needed-housing-reform-and-for (accessed 2026-10-17).