A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create American jobs and to prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas.

On Sep 28, 2010, the Senate voted 53–45 on “On the Cloture Motion” (S 3816). Result: Cloture Motion Rejected. By party: Democrats 52–5, Republicans 0–40, Independents 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 5 members voted against their own party.

During the 111th Congress (2009–2010), Barack Obama was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Cloture Motion Rejected
Yes: 53
No: 45
Did not vote: 13
Date: Sep 28, 2010

By party

Republicans0 yes · 40 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats52 yes · 5 no · 9 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Jon Tester D-MT voted no
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted no
Mark R. Warner D-VA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
George S. Lemieux R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
James Risch 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
Scott P. Brown R-MA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
Roger F. Wicker R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Jon Tester D-MT
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Richard M. Burr R-NC
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
Mike Johanns R-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
John Eric Ensign R-NV
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
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
Mark R. Warner D-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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