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Vote on Cloture to Motion to Proceed:
S. J. Res. 40 [108th]: Federal Marriage Amendment OverviewThis is a vote on Cloture to a Motion to Proceed. Cloture at this junction tests whether members of Congress are ready to end debate and
proceed to a vote. Failure to achieve cloture usually indicate a bill's future is dim.
A vote in favor of cloture is in favor of voting on the legislation itself. A vote against is a vote to stall the bill. | Totals | Democrats | Republicans | Independents | All Votes |
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Needed To Win
| | Yea: | 48 | (48%) | | 3 | 45 | 0 | | Nay: | 50 | (50%) | | 43 | 6 | 1 | | Present: | 0 | (0%) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Not Voting: | 2 | (2%) | | 2 | 0 | 0 | | Required: | 3/5
of 98 votes
(=59 votes) (Vacancies in Congress will affect vote totals.) |  |  |  |
Votes| Vote
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| Alabama | | Yea | AL | Sessions, Jefferson [R] | | Yea | AL | Shelby, Richard [R] | | Alaska | | Yea | AK | Murkowski, Lisa [R] | | Yea | AK | Stevens, Ted [R] | | Arizona | | Yea | AZ | Kyl, Jon [R] | | Nay | AZ | McCain, John [R] | | Arkansas | | Nay | AR | Lincoln, Blanche [D] | | Nay | AR | Pryor, Mark [D] | | California | | Nay | CA | Boxer, Barbara [D] | | Nay | CA | Feinstein, Dianne [D] | | Colorado | | Yea | CO | Allard, Wayne [R] | | Nay | CO | Campbell, Ben [R] | | Connecticut | | Nay | CT | Dodd, Christopher [D] | | Nay | CT | Lieberman, Joseph [D] | | Delaware | | Nay | DE | Biden, Joseph [D] | | Nay | DE | Carper, Thomas [D] | | Florida | | Nay | FL | Graham, Bob [D] | | Nay | FL | Nelson, Bill [D] | | Georgia | | Yea | GA | Chambliss, Saxby [R] | | Yea | GA | Miller, Zell [D] | | Hawaii | | Nay | HI | Akaka, Daniel [D] | | Nay | HI | Inouye, Daniel [D] | | Idaho | | Yea | ID | Craig, Larry [R] | | Yea | ID | Crapo, Michael [R] | | Illinois | | Yea | IL | Fitzgerald, Peter [R] | | Nay | IL | Durbin, Richard [D] | | Indiana | | Yea | IN | Lugar, Richard [R] | | Nay | IN | Bayh, Evan [D] | | Iowa | | Yea | IA | Grassley, Charles [R] | | Nay | IA | Harkin, Thomas [D] | | Kansas | | Yea | KS | Brownback, Samuel [R] | | Yea | KS | Roberts, Pat [R] | | Kentucky | | Yea | KY | Bunning, Jim [R] | | Yea | KY | McConnell, Mitch [R] | | Louisiana | | Nay | LA | Breaux, John [D] | | Nay | LA | Landrieu, Mary [D] | | Maine | | Nay | ME | Collins, Susan [R] | | Nay | ME | Snowe, Olympia [R] | | Maryland | | Nay | MD | Mikulski, Barbara [D] | | Nay | MD | Sarbanes, Paul [D] | | Massachusetts | | Nay | MA | Kennedy, Edward [D] | | Not Voting | MA | Kerry, John [D] | | Michigan | | Nay | MI | Levin, Carl [D] | | Nay | MI | Stabenow, Debbie Ann [D] | | Minnesota | | Yea | MN | Coleman, Norm [R] | | Nay | MN | Dayton, Mark [D] | | Mississippi | | Yea | MS | Cochran, Thad [R] | | Yea | MS | Lott, Trent [R] | | Missouri | | Yea | MO | Bond, Christopher [R] | | Yea | MO | Talent, James [R] | | Montana | | Yea | MT | Burns, Conrad [R] | | Nay | MT | Baucus, Max [D] | | Nebraska | | Yea | NE | Hagel, Charles [R] | | Yea | NE | Nelson, Ben [D] | | Nevada | | Yea | NV | Ensign, John [R] | | Nay | NV | Reid, Harry [D] | | New Hampshire | | Yea | NH | Gregg, Judd [R] | | Nay | NH | Sununu, John [R] | | New Jersey | | Nay | NJ | Corzine, Jon [D] | | Nay | NJ | Lautenberg, Frank [D] | | New Mexico | | Yea | NM | Domenici, Pete [R] | | Nay | NM | Bingaman, Jeff [D] | | New York | | Nay | NY | Clinton, Hillary [D] | | Nay | NY | Schumer, Charles [D] | | North Carolina | | Yea | NC | Dole, Elizabeth [R] | | Not Voting | NC | Edwards, John [D] | | North Dakota | | Nay | ND | Conrad, Kent [D] | | Nay | ND | Dorgan, Byron [D] | | Ohio | | Yea | OH | DeWine, Michael [R] | | Yea | OH | Voinovich, George [R] | | Oklahoma | | Yea | OK | Inhofe, James [R] | | Yea | OK | Nickles, Don [R] | | Oregon | | Yea | OR | Smith, Gordon [R] | | Nay | OR | Wyden, Ron [D] | | Pennsylvania | | Yea | PA | Santorum, Richard [R] | | Yea | PA | Specter, Arlen [R] | | Rhode Island | | Nay | RI | Chafee, Lincoln [R] | | Nay | RI | Reed, John [D] | | South Carolina | | Yea | SC | Graham, Lindsey [R] | | Nay | SC | Hollings, Ernest [D] | | South Dakota | | Nay | SD | Daschle, Thomas [D] | | Nay | SD | Johnson, Tim [D] | | Tennessee | | Yea | TN | Alexander, Lamar [R] | | Yea | TN | Frist, William [R] | | Texas | | Yea | TX | Cornyn, John [R] | | Yea | TX | Hutchison, Kay [R] | | Utah | | Yea | UT | Bennett, Robert [R] | | Yea | UT | Hatch, Orrin [R] | | Vermont | | Nay | VT | Jeffords, James [I] | | Nay | VT | Leahy, Patrick [D] | | Virginia | | Yea | VA | Allen, George [R] | | Yea | VA | Warner, John [R] | | Washington | | Nay | WA | Cantwell, Maria [D] | | Nay | WA | Murray, Patty [D] | | West Virginia | | Yea | WV | Byrd, Robert [D] | | Nay | WV | Rockefeller, John [D] | | Wisconsin | | Nay | WI | Feingold, Russell [D] | | Nay | WI | Kohl, Herbert [D] | | Wyoming | | Yea | WY | Enzi, Michael [R] | | Yea | WY | Thomas, Craig [R] |
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