To modify the deadline for the family backlog reduction.

On Jun 6, 2007, the Senate voted 53–44 on “On the Motion” (S 1348). Result: Motion Rejected. By party: Republicans 5–43, Democrats 47–1, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 members voted against their own party.

During the 110th Congress (2007–2008), George W. Bush was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Result: Motion Rejected
Yes: 53
No: 44
Did not vote: 5
Date: Jun 6, 2007

By party

Republicans5 yes · 43 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats47 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted yes
Norm Coleman R-MN voted yes
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE voted yes
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted yes
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted yes
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Lisa Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Saxby Chambliss R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
David Vitter R-LA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
Richard M. Burr R-NC
John E. Sununu R-NH
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
John Eric Ensign R-NV
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Arlen Specter R-PA
James W. Demint R-SC
Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
John Thune R-SD
Lamar Alexander R-TN
Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
John Cornyn R-TX
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
John William Warner R-VA
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To modify the deadline for the family…: Senate Vote, Jun 6, 2007,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/110-S-193/to-modify-the-deadline-for-the-family-backlog-reduction (accessed 2026-10-17).