Senate roll call 558 · 110th Congress · May 6, 2008
An original bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, to restore the financial solvency of the flood insurance fund, and for other purposes.
On May 6, 2008, the Senate voted 90–1 on “On the Cloture Motion” (S 2284). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Democrats 46–0, Republicans 43–1, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 1 member 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
- Cloture Motion Agreed to
- Yes
- 90
- No
- 1
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- May 6, 2008
By party
- Republicans43 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Mark Pryor D-AR
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Kenneth Lee Salazar D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
- Johnny Isakson R-GA
- Saxby Chambliss R-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- David Vitter R-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Benjamin Louis Cardin D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Norm Coleman R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Claire Mccaskill D-MO
- Roger F. Wicker R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Elizabeth Hanford Dole R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- John E. Sununu R-NH
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Menendez D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Robert (Bob) Casey Jr. D-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- James W. Demint R-SC
- Lindsey O. Graham R-SC
- John Thune R-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Lamar Alexander R-TN
- Robert (Bob) Corker R-TN
- John Cornyn R-TX
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- James H. (Jim) Webb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Bernard Sanders I-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- John A. Barrasso R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK
Did not vote
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Barack Obama D-IL
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Richard M. Burr R-NC
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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