Posted on 07/14/2004 11:35:35 AM PDT by sr4402
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Efforts to pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage foundered Wednesday afternoon when the proposal failed to garner enough votes in the Senate to stay alive.
After final arguments by the leaders of each party, Republicans mustered 48 votes, 12 short of the 60 they needed to overcome a procedural hurdle and move the proposed amendment to the floor.
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Not even a majority. That says something.
Whose dumb idea was it to erect a procedural hurdle I'll never know. More's the pity we couldn't get the 50 who voted to kill an up or down vote will be safe from telling us where they stand on the issue of marriage.
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. J. Res. 40 ) | |||
Vote Number: | 155 | Vote Date: | July 14, 2004, 12:13 PM |
Required For Majority: | 3/5 | Vote Result: | Cloture Motion Rejected |
Vote Counts: | YEAs | 48 |
NAYs | 50 | |
Not Voting | 2 |
Vote Summary | By Senator Name | By Vote Position | By Home State |
Akaka (D-HI), Nay Alexander (R-TN), Yea Allard (R-CO), Yea Allen (R-VA), Yea Baucus (D-MT), Nay Bayh (D-IN), Nay Bennett (R-UT), Yea Biden (D-DE), Nay Bingaman (D-NM), Nay Bond (R-MO), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Nay Breaux (D-LA), Nay Brownback (R-KS), Yea Bunning (R-KY), Yea Burns (R-MT), Yea Byrd (D-WV), Yea Campbell (R-CO), Nay Cantwell (D-WA), Nay Carper (D-DE), Nay Chafee (R-RI), Nay Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Clinton (D-NY), Nay Cochran (R-MS), Yea Coleman (R-MN), Yea Collins (R-ME), Nay Conrad (D-ND), Nay Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Corzine (D-NJ), Nay Craig (R-ID), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea Daschle (D-SD), Nay Dayton (D-MN), Nay DeWine (R-OH), Yea Dodd (D-CT), Nay |
Dole (R-NC), Yea Domenici (R-NM), Yea Dorgan (D-ND), Nay Durbin (D-IL), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Not Voting Ensign (R-NV), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feingold (D-WI), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Nay Fitzgerald (R-IL), Yea Frist (R-TN), Yea Graham (D-FL), Nay Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagel (R-NE), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea Hollings (D-SC), Nay Hutchison (R-TX), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Inouye (D-HI), Nay Jeffords (I-VT), Nay Johnson (D-SD), Nay Kennedy (D-MA), Nay Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting Kohl (D-WI), Nay Kyl (R-AZ), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Nay Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay Leahy (D-VT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Nay Lieberman (D-CT), Nay Lincoln (D-AR), Nay |
Lott (R-MS), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Nay McConnell (R-KY), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Nay Miller (D-GA), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murray (D-WA), Nay Nelson (D-FL), Nay Nelson (D-NE), Yea Nickles (R-OK), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Nay Reed (D-RI), Nay Reid (D-NV), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay Santorum (R-PA), Yea Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Nay Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea Smith (R-OR), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Nay Specter (R-PA), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Nay Stevens (R-AK), Yea Sununu (R-NH), Nay Talent (R-MO), Yea Thomas (R-WY), Yea Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (R-VA), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Nay |
Vote Summary | By Senator Name | By Vote Position | By Home State |
YEAs ---48 | ||
Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Byrd (D-WV) Chambliss (R-GA) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeWine (R-OH) |
Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Fitzgerald (R-IL) Frist (R-TN) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Kyl (R-AZ) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) |
McConnell (R-KY) Miller (D-GA) Murkowski (R-AK) Nelson (D-NE) Nickles (R-OK) Roberts (R-KS) Santorum (R-PA) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Talent (R-MO) Thomas (R-WY) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA) |
NAYs ---50 | ||
Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Breaux (D-LA) Campbell (R-CO) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Clinton (D-NY) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Corzine (D-NJ) Daschle (D-SD) Dayton (D-MN) |
Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Graham (D-FL) Harkin (D-IA) Hollings (D-SC) Inouye (D-HI) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) |
Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) McCain (R-AZ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Snowe (R-ME) Stabenow (D-MI) Sununu (R-NH) Wyden (D-OR) |
Not Voting - 2 | ||
Edwards (D-NC) |
Kerry (D-MA) |
Vote Summary | By Senator Name | By Vote Position | By Home State |
Alabama: | Sessions (R-AL), Yea | Shelby (R-AL), Yea |
Alaska: | Murkowski (R-AK), Yea | Stevens (R-AK), Yea |
Arizona: | Kyl (R-AZ), Yea | McCain (R-AZ), Nay |
Arkansas: | Lincoln (D-AR), Nay | Pryor (D-AR), Nay |
California: | Boxer (D-CA), Nay | Feinstein (D-CA), Nay |
Colorado: | Allard (R-CO), Yea | Campbell (R-CO), Nay |
Connecticut: | Dodd (D-CT), Nay | Lieberman (D-CT), Nay |
Delaware: | Biden (D-DE), Nay | Carper (D-DE), Nay |
Florida: | Graham (D-FL), Nay | Nelson (D-FL), Nay |
Georgia: | Chambliss (R-GA), Yea | Miller (D-GA), Yea |
Hawaii: | Akaka (D-HI), Nay | Inouye (D-HI), Nay |
Idaho: | Craig (R-ID), Yea | Crapo (R-ID), Yea |
Illinois: | Durbin (D-IL), Nay | Fitzgerald (R-IL), Yea |
Indiana: | Bayh (D-IN), Nay | Lugar (R-IN), Yea |
Iowa: | Grassley (R-IA), Yea | Harkin (D-IA), Nay |
Kansas: | Brownback (R-KS), Yea | Roberts (R-KS), Yea |
Kentucky: | Bunning (R-KY), Yea | McConnell (R-KY), Yea |
Louisiana: | Breaux (D-LA), Nay | Landrieu (D-LA), Nay |
Maine: | Collins (R-ME), Nay | Snowe (R-ME), Nay |
Maryland: | Mikulski (D-MD), Nay | Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay |
Massachusetts: | Kennedy (D-MA), Nay | Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting |
Michigan: | Levin (D-MI), Nay | Stabenow (D-MI), Nay |
Minnesota: | Coleman (R-MN), Yea | Dayton (D-MN), Nay |
Mississippi: | Cochran (R-MS), Yea | Lott (R-MS), Yea |
Missouri: | Bond (R-MO), Yea | Talent (R-MO), Yea |
Montana: | Baucus (D-MT), Nay | Burns (R-MT), Yea |
Nebraska: | Hagel (R-NE), Yea | Nelson (D-NE), Yea |
Nevada: | Ensign (R-NV), Yea | Reid (D-NV), Nay |
New Hampshire: | Gregg (R-NH), Yea | Sununu (R-NH), Nay |
New Jersey: | Corzine (D-NJ), Nay | Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay |
New Mexico: | Bingaman (D-NM), Nay | Domenici (R-NM), Yea |
New York: | Clinton (D-NY), Nay | Schumer (D-NY), Nay |
North Carolina: | Dole (R-NC), Yea | Edwards (D-NC), Not Voting |
North Dakota: | Conrad (D-ND), Nay | Dorgan (D-ND), Nay |
Ohio: | DeWine (R-OH), Yea | Voinovich (R-OH), Yea |
Oklahoma: | Inhofe (R-OK), Yea | Nickles (R-OK), Yea |
Oregon: | Smith (R-OR), Yea | Wyden (D-OR), Nay |
Pennsylvania: | Santorum (R-PA), Yea | Specter (R-PA), Yea |
Rhode Island: | Chafee (R-RI), Nay | Reed (D-RI), Nay |
South Carolina: | Graham (R-SC), Yea | Hollings (D-SC), Nay |
South Dakota: | Daschle (D-SD), Nay | Johnson (D-SD), Nay |
Tennessee: | Alexander (R-TN), Yea | Frist (R-TN), Yea |
Texas: | Cornyn (R-TX), Yea | Hutchison (R-TX), Yea |
Utah: | Bennett (R-UT), Yea | Hatch (R-UT), Yea |
Vermont: | Jeffords (I-VT), Nay | Leahy (D-VT), Nay |
Virginia: | Allen (R-VA), Yea | Warner (R-VA), Yea |
Washington: | Cantwell (D-WA), Nay | Murray (D-WA), Nay |
West Virginia: | Byrd (D-WV), Yea | Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay |
Wisconsin: | Feingold (D-WI), Nay | Kohl (D-WI), Nay |
Wyoming: | Enzi (R-WY), Yea | Thomas (R-WY), Yea |
"...the proposal failed to garner enough votes in the Senate to stay alive."
It wasn't even a vote on the ammendment - only a vote to discuss it more & vote on the actual ammendment later (cloture with 60 votes needed). Picking at nits - the actual ammendment was never voted on, so no one can say they either voted for or against it.
To be honest, I was opposed to this marriage ammendment. No I do not support gay marriage, to me it is left up to the states. To me this ammendment could have opened a whole can of worms that we would regret later on IMHO..
Very true.
Exactly. My take is if the gutless cowards had to vote on the amendment itself, it would have passed. I don't think any Dim would want to come on the record as being against marriage in an election year.
Not Voting - 2 Kerry (D-MA) Edwards (D-NC)
Sticking out like a sore thumb.
There is no other way to stop it. The courts will impose it on the states.
It seems to me that leaving it to the states opens an even bigger can of worms. There are already people going to Massachusetts from other states and trying to get married. How long do you think it will stand, that if you are Gay and "get married" that you can't move to another state and remain "married"?
Colorado: Allard (R-CO), Yea Campbell (R-CO), Nay
Maine: Collins (R-ME), Nay Snowe (R-ME), Nay
New Hampshire: Gregg (R-NH), Yea Sununu (R-NH), Nay
Rhode Island: Chafee (R-RI), Nay Reed (D-RI), Nay
Thanks for the state info. Glad to see PA voted yea.
I think the can of worms is opened when some states approve of it, some states don't, people move around, and the majority of Americans support it, despite what these politically correct individuals state. They are in effect throwing the issue to the Courts and we KNOW what they will decide.
Chaffee, McCain and Snowe are the usual suspects.
I wonder about Sununu, Collins and Campbell though.
Kerry and Edwards DID not vote. That says loads and should be a headline.
Only one Democrat co-sponsored - the honorable Zell Miller and only one democrat broke ranks - Byrd. The democrats can claim the attempt to defeat tradition marriage in America - they wouldn't even let it come to a debate!
As important as THIS vote is for families of America and Edwards weasels out. Some "leadership".
I've a mental image of the Exxon Valdese captain just before the big rip...
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