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Defend America on Saturday, December 12, 2009 11:23:16 AM
Senate invokes cloture on omnibus bill
By Eric Zimmermann
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12/12/09 10:34 AM ET
The
Senate has just voted to limit debate on a $1.1 trillion omnibus
appropriations bill, setting up a final vote sometime tomorrow
afternoon.
Democrats pulled together exactly the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture, with a few members of each party switching sides.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/71931-senate-ends-debate-on-omnibus-bill
The vote was 60-34. 3 Democrats (Bayh, Feingold, and McCaskill) voted with the Republicans to vote no on invoking cloture, while 3 Republicans (Cochran, Collins, and Shelby) voted with the majority of the Democrats to invoke cloture.
Here is the roll call:
| YEAs ---60 |
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Begich (D-AK)
Bennet (D-CO)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Burris (D-IL)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
|
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Hagan (D-NC)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kaufman (D-DE)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kirk (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
|
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Shelby (R-AL)
Specter (D-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)
|
| NAYs ---34 |
Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Brownback (R-KS)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
|
Feingold (D-WI)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
LeMieux (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)
|
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Snowe (R-ME)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Wicker (R-MS)
|
| Not Voting -
6 |
Bond (R-MO)
Bunning (R-KY)
|
Coburn (R-OK)
DeMint (R-SC)
|
Graham (R-SC)
Lugar (R-IN) |