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U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session

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Vote Summary

Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Peter Cyril Wyche Flory, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense ) Vote Number: 92 Vote Date: April 7, 2006, 12:10 PM Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture Motion Rejected Nomination Number: PN70 Nomination Description: Peter Cyril Wyche Flory, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense Vote Counts: YEAs 52 NAYs 41 Not Voting 7 Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote Position By Home State

Alphabetical by Senator Name Akaka (D-HI), Nay Alexander (R-TN), Yea Allard (R-CO), Yea Allen (R-VA), Yea Baucus (D-MT), Nay Bayh (D-IN), Nay Bennett (R-UT), Yea Biden (D-DE), Not Voting Bingaman (D-NM), Nay Bond (R-MO), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Not Voting Brownback (R-KS), Not Voting Bunning (R-KY), Yea Burns (R-MT), Yea Burr (R-NC), Yea Byrd (D-WV), Nay Cantwell (D-WA), Nay Carper (D-DE), Nay Chafee (R-RI), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Clinton (D-NY), Nay Coburn (R-OK), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Yea Coleman (R-MN), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Conrad (D-ND), Nay Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Craig (R-ID), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea Dayton (D-MN), Nay DeMint (R-SC), Yea DeWine (R-OH), Yea Dodd (D-CT), Nay Dole (R-NC), Yea Domenici (R-NM), Yea Dorgan (D-ND), Nay Durbin (D-IL), Nay Ensign (R-NV), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feingold (D-WI), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Nay Frist (R-TN), Yea Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagel (R-NE), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Inouye (D-HI), Nay Isakson (R-GA), Yea Jeffords (I-VT), Nay Johnson (D-SD), Nay Kennedy (D-MA), Nay Kerry (D-MA), Nay Kohl (D-WI), Nay Kyl (R-AZ), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Nay Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay Leahy (D-VT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Nay Lieberman (D-CT), Nay Lincoln (D-AR), Nay Lott (R-MS), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea Martinez (R-FL), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea Menendez (D-NJ), Nay Mikulski (D-MD), Nay Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murray (D-WA), Not Voting Nelson (D-FL), Nay Nelson (D-NE), Nay Obama (D-IL), Nay Pryor (D-AR), Nay Reed (D-RI), Nay Reid (D-NV), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Not Voting Rockefeller (D-WV), Not Voting Salazar (D-CO), Nay Santorum (R-PA), Yea Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Nay Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea Smith (R-OR), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea Specter (R-PA), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Nay Stevens (R-AK), Not Voting Sununu (R-NH), Yea Talent (R-MO), Yea Thomas (R-WY), Yea Thune (R-SD), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Yea Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (R-VA), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Nay

Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote Position By Home State

Grouped By Vote Position YEAs ---52 Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Burr (R-NC) Chafee (R-RI) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) DeWine (R-OH) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Frist (R-TN) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Santorum (R-PA) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Sununu (R-NH) Talent (R-MO) Thomas (R-WY) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA)

NAYs ---41 Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Bingaman (D-NM) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Clinton (D-NY) Conrad (D-ND) Dayton (D-MN) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Obama (D-IL) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Salazar (D-CO) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Stabenow (D-MI) Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 7 Biden (D-DE) Boxer (D-CA) Brownback (R-KS) Murray (D-WA) Roberts (R-KS) Rockefeller (D-WV) Stevens (R-AK)

Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote Position By Home State

Grouped by Home State Alabama: Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea Alaska: Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Stevens (R-AK), Not Voting Arizona: Kyl (R-AZ), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea Arkansas: Lincoln (D-AR), Nay Pryor (D-AR), Nay California: Boxer (D-CA), Not Voting Feinstein (D-CA), Nay Colorado: Allard (R-CO), Yea Salazar (D-CO), Nay Connecticut: Dodd (D-CT), Nay Lieberman (D-CT), Nay Delaware: Biden (D-DE), Not Voting Carper (D-DE), Nay Florida: Martinez (R-FL), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Nay Georgia: Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Yea Hawaii: Akaka (D-HI), Nay Inouye (D-HI), Nay Idaho: Craig (R-ID), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea Illinois: Durbin (D-IL), Nay Obama (D-IL), Nay Indiana: Bayh (D-IN), Nay Lugar (R-IN), Yea Iowa: Grassley (R-IA), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay Kansas: Brownback (R-KS), Not Voting Roberts (R-KS), Not Voting Kentucky: Bunning (R-KY), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea Louisiana: Landrieu (D-LA), Nay Vitter (R-LA), Yea Maine: Collins (R-ME), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea Maryland: Mikulski (D-MD), Nay Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay Massachusetts: Kennedy (D-MA), Nay Kerry (D-MA), Nay Michigan: Levin (D-MI), Nay Stabenow (D-MI), Nay Minnesota: Coleman (R-MN), Yea Dayton (D-MN), Nay Mississippi: Cochran (R-MS), Yea Lott (R-MS), Yea Missouri: Bond (R-MO), Yea Talent (R-MO), Yea Montana: Baucus (D-MT), Nay Burns (R-MT), Yea Nebraska: Hagel (R-NE), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Nay Nevada: Ensign (R-NV), Yea Reid (D-NV), Nay New Hampshire: Gregg (R-NH), Yea Sununu (R-NH), Yea New Jersey: Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay Menendez (D-NJ), Nay New Mexico: Bingaman (D-NM), Nay Domenici (R-NM), Yea New York: Clinton (D-NY), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Nay North Carolina: Burr (R-NC), Yea Dole (R-NC), Yea North Dakota: Conrad (D-ND), Nay Dorgan (D-ND), Nay Ohio: DeWine (R-OH), Yea Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Oklahoma: Coburn (R-OK), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Oregon: Smith (R-OR), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Nay Pennsylvania: Santorum (R-PA), Yea Specter (R-PA), Yea Rhode Island: Chafee (R-RI), Yea Reed (D-RI), Nay South Carolina: DeMint (R-SC), Yea Graham (R-SC), Yea South Dakota: Johnson (D-SD), Nay Thune (R-SD), Yea Tennessee: Alexander (R-TN), Yea Frist (R-TN), Yea Texas: Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea Utah: Bennett (R-UT), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Yea Vermont: Jeffords (I-VT), Nay Leahy (D-VT), Nay Virginia: Allen (R-VA), Yea Warner (R-VA), Yea Washington: Cantwell (D-WA), Nay Murray (D-WA), Not Voting West Virginia: Byrd (D-WV), Nay Rockefeller (D-WV), Not Voting Wisconsin: Feingold (D-WI), Nay Kohl (D-WI), Nay Wyoming: Enzi (R-WY), Yea Thomas (R-WY), Yea Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote Position By Home State

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[davidosborne]

Another reason why we need 60 IN 06'

[davidosborne]

Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Peter Cyril Wyche Flory, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense

I don't know anything about Mr. Flory, but we should be lighting up the phones lines over 41 Senators preventing a vote on a monination..

NAYs ---41 Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Bingaman (D-NM) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Clinton (D-NY) Conrad (D-ND) Dayton (D-MN) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Obama (D-IL) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Salazar (D-CO) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Stabenow (D-MI) Wyden (D-OR)

[CyberAnt]

They're on vaction for spring break - save your dime!

[votelife]

I hope FR can stop all this nonsense about "K Harris can't win" and realize that Florida is becoming a conservative state that should not have Nelson representing it.

[davidosborne]

DISTRICT OFFICES - EVEN BETTER !!

[thoughtomator]

We don't need any more than 50 if we hold the Vice Presidency. They are just giving lame excuses. Check the Constitution if you doubt what I say. There's nothing in there that requires 60 votes to pass a bill, and Senate rules do not trump the Constitution.

The Senate GOP is proving that it was a waste of time to put them in power.

[davidosborne]

I wonder if the Pubbies that threatened the "NUKE OPTION" on Judicial nominees will apply that principle to other Nominees

[LibertarianInExile]

"I hope FR can stop all this nonsense about "K Harris can't win" and realize that Florida is becoming a conservative state that should not have Nelson representing it."

Amen--Spaceman Bill has to go! And he will, too.

[thoughtomator]

They should have done the nuke option 5 years ago, on the Democrats' second filibuster, or at the very least, being very very generous, when it became apparent that the Democrats were using the filibuster as an all-purpose veto rather than a rare bird for... how shall I phrase it? "Exceptional circumstances".

The use of the filibuster by the Democrats IS an exceptional circumstance.

[kesg]

Let me get this straight. The Rats are filibustering a nomination for assistant defense secretary? I don't get it. They think this helps them...how?

[CyberAnt]

Correct! I get much result from calling my local reps, and 2 of the 3 are dems.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

don't get it. They think this helps them...how?

They must think the guy has a backbone and is anti liberal !

[p23185]

Another reason why we need 60 IN 06'

Or for Presidential nominees we need the Nuke option.

[Husker8877]

Your tagline is errant. We need 100 conservative senators, but we'll settle for 60!!!!!!1

[TexasTransplant]

Didn't the dems just Today bitch that "Not allowing a Vote" is just not the way business is conducted in the Senate.

I believe it was Kennedy bloviating (must have forgot his "beano")

TT

[dagnabbit]

I prefer the Senate deadlocked. Hopelessly deadlocked. Keeps amnesty betrayal schemes from ever reaching Bush's eager pen.

[Hoodat]

There's nothing in there that requires 60 votes to pass a bill, and Senate rules do not trump the Constitution.

So true. All it takes is for 51 Senators to stand before the nation and declare, "I give my consent." These Republican Senators are a bunch of wimps. If I had wanted democrats to run the Senate, I would have voted for democrats. When will the GOP learn how to act like a majority?

[TheBattman]

They didn't have the guts to actually do it for judicial nominees.... don't see that changing here...

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[napscoordinator]

Me too. When the Senate was deadlocked in the 90's it seemed like things on that were serious got through. I think there were a few items almost got to Vice President for final vote.