A bill to provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation.

On Nov 20, 2008, the Senate voted 89–6 on “On the Cloture Motion” (HR 6867). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Republicans 41–6, Democrats 47–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Yes: 89
No: 6
Did not vote: 7
Date: Nov 20, 2008

By party

Republicans41 yes · 6 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats47 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
Thomas Allen Coburn R-OK voted no
James W. Demint R-SC voted no
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
John A. Barrasso R-WY voted no
Michael B. Enzi R-WY voted no

The bill

H.R. 6867: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008

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
Mark Pryor D-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
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
Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
Melquiades R. (Mel) Martinez R-FL
Johnny Isakson R-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Evan Bayh D-IN
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
Mary L. Landrieu D-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
Richard M. Burr R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Kent Conrad D-ND
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
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
Hillary Rodham Clinton 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
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
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

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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