Roll Call: GOP filibuster kills Senate jobless aid bill, tax provisions

By AP
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Senate Roll Call: GOP kills jobless aid measure

The 57-41 roll call Thursday by which Senate Democrats failed to break a Republican filibuster blocking a bill to continue weekly jobless benefits for long-term unemployed workers and provide new aid to state governments. Democrats needed 60 votes to stop the GOP filibuster.

A “yes” vote is a vote in favor of proceeding to the bill.

Voting yes were 55 Democrats, 0 Republicans and 2 independents.

Voting no were 1 Democrat and 40 Republicans.

ALABAMA

Sessions (R), No; Shelby (R), No.

ALASKA

Begich (D), Yes; Murkowski (R), Not Voting.

ARIZONA

Kyl (R), No; McCain (R), No.

ARKANSAS

Lincoln (D), Yes; Pryor (D), Yes.

CALIFORNIA

Boxer (D), Yes; Feinstein (D), Yes.

COLORADO

Bennet (D), Yes; Udall (D), Yes.

CONNECTICUT

Dodd (D), Yes; Lieberman (I), Yes.

DELAWARE

Carper (D), Yes; Kaufman (D), Yes.

FLORIDA

LeMieux (R), No; Nelson (D), Yes.

GEORGIA

Chambliss (R), No; Isakson (R), No.

HAWAII

Akaka (D), Yes; Inouye (D), Yes.

IDAHO

Crapo (R), No; Risch (R), No.

ILLINOIS

Burris (D), Yes; Durbin (D), Yes.

INDIANA

Bayh (D), Yes; Lugar (R), No.

IOWA

Grassley (R), No; Harkin (D), Yes.

KANSAS

Brownback (R), No; Roberts (R), No.

KENTUCKY

Bunning (R), No; McConnell (R), No.

LOUISIANA

Landrieu (D), Yes; Vitter (R), No.

MAINE

Collins (R), No; Snowe (R), No.

MARYLAND

Cardin (D), Yes; Mikulski (D), Yes.

MASSACHUSETTS

Brown (R), No; Kerry (D), Yes.

MICHIGAN

Levin (D), Yes; Stabenow (D), Yes.

MINNESOTA

Franken (D), Yes; Klobuchar (D), Yes.

MISSISSIPPI

Cochran (R), No; Wicker (R), No.

MISSOURI

Bond (R), No; McCaskill (D), Yes.

MONTANA

Baucus (D), Yes; Tester (D), Yes.

NEBRASKA

Johanns (R), No; Nelson (D), No.

NEVADA

Ensign (R), No; Reid (D), Yes.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Gregg (R), No; Shaheen (D), Yes.

NEW JERSEY

Lautenberg (D), Yes; Menendez (D), Yes.

NEW MEXICO

Bingaman (D), Yes; Udall (D), Yes.

NEW YORK

Gillibrand (D), Yes; Schumer (D), Yes.

NORTH CAROLINA

Burr (R), No; Hagan (D), Yes.

NORTH DAKOTA

Conrad (D), Yes; Dorgan (D), Yes.

OHIO

Brown (D), Yes; Voinovich (R), No.

OKLAHOMA

Coburn (R), No; Inhofe (R), No.

OREGON

Merkley (D), Yes; Wyden (D), Yes.

PENNSYLVANIA

Casey (D), Yes; Specter (D), Yes.

RHODE ISLAND

Reed (D), Yes; Whitehouse (D), Yes.

SOUTH CAROLINA

DeMint (R), No; Graham (R), No.

SOUTH DAKOTA

Johnson (D), Yes; Thune (R), No.

TENNESSEE

Alexander (R), No; Corker (R), No.

TEXAS

Cornyn (R), No; Hutchison (R), No.

UTAH

Bennett (R), No; Hatch (R), No.

VERMONT

Leahy (D), Yes; Sanders (I), Yes.

VIRGINIA

Warner (D), Yes; Webb (D), Yes.

WASHINGTON

Cantwell (D), Yes; Murray (D), Yes.

WEST VIRGINIA

Byrd (D), Not Voting; Rockefeller (D), Yes.

WISCONSIN

Feingold (D), Yes; Kohl (D), Yes.

WYOMING

Barrasso (R), No; Enzi (R), No.

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