Senate roll call 639 · 110th Congress · Sep 8, 2008
An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defen
On Sep 8, 2008, the Senate voted 83–0 on “On the Cloture Motion” (S 3001). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Republicans 41–0, Democrats 41–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes.
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
- 83
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Sep 8, 2008
By party
- Republicans41 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats41 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
The bill
S. 3001: Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009
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
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- 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
- 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
- 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
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- 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
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- 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
- 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
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
- 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
- James W. Demint 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
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Barack Obama D-IL
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- David Vitter R-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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