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pinto

(106,886 posts)
Mon Jul 16, 2012, 07:57 PM Jul 2012

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 112th Congress - 2nd Session

Source: US Senate website

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 112th Congress - 2nd Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.3369 )

Vote Date:
July 16, 2012, 06:08 PM

Required For Majority:
3/5

Vote Result:
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected

Measure Number:
S. 3369

Measure Title:
A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes.

Vote Counts:

YEAs
51

NAYs
44

Not Voting
5

Vote Summary

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Nay
Ayotte (R-NH), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Begich (D-AK), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea
Blunt (R-MO), Nay
Boozman (R-AR), Nay
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Yea
Brown (R-MA), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Nay
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay
Coats (R-IN), Nay
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Nay
Collins (R-ME), Nay
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Coons (D-DE), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Franken (D-MN), Yea


Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Nay
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Hagan (D-NC), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Nay
Heller (R-NV), Not Voting
Hoeven (R-ND), Nay
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Johanns (R-NE), Nay
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Johnson (R-WI), Nay
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Kirk (R-IL), Not Voting
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
Landrieu (D-LA), Not Voting
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Lee (R-UT), Nay
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Nay
Manchin (D-WV), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Nay
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Merkley (D-OR), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea


Moran (R-KS), Nay
Murkowski (R-AK), Not Voting
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Paul (R-KY), Nay
Portman (R-OH), Nay
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Nay
Risch (R-ID), Nay
Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Rubio (R-FL), Nay
Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Snowe (R-ME), Nay
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Toomey (R-PA), Nay
Udall (D-CO), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Yea
Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
Wicker (R-MS), Not Voting
Wyden (D-OR), Yea


Read more: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00179



DISCLOSE Act vote tally ~ pinto
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U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 112th Congress - 2nd Session (Original Post) pinto Jul 2012 OP
I apologize for asking this but the yeas have it so does that mean their will be more disclosure ? midnight Jul 2012 #1
A majority is not enough aintitfunny Jul 2012 #3
Senate rules - The motion to proceed (to a vote on the bill) needed 3/5 of the Senate's support - pinto Jul 2012 #4
I could just weep aintitfunny Jul 2012 #2
If those large donations are free speech The Last Democrat Jul 2012 #5
Thanks for posting. Shows the GOP obstruction again. sinkingfeeling Jul 2012 #6
On 1 week off 2. lonestarnot Jul 2012 #7

aintitfunny

(1,421 posts)
3. A majority is not enough
Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:38 PM
Jul 2012

They have to have 60 votes for some ludicrous reason, put in place by the corrupt republicants.

pinto

(106,886 posts)
4. Senate rules - The motion to proceed (to a vote on the bill) needed 3/5 of the Senate's support -
Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:54 PM
Jul 2012

Required For Majority:
3/5

No need to apologize, it's a convoluted and at times confusing procedure. For example, Sen Reid voted Nay, probably as one of the last votes. That enables him to recall the issue.

aintitfunny

(1,421 posts)
2. I could just weep
Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:37 PM
Jul 2012

Such a small thing to ask. Who is buying our politicians? Who is purchasing the elections? But we cannot even get that small thing with a majority vote. Oh God.

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