Posted on 06/11/2007 3:05:10 PM PDT by spald
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress - 1st Session
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 the Consideration of S.J.Res.14 ) Vote Number: 207 Vote Date: June 11, 2007, 05:55 PM Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture Motion Rejected
Vote Counts: YEAs 53 NAYs 38 Present 1 Not Voting 7
Grouped By Vote Position
YEAs ---53 Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Hagel (R-NE)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lincoln (D-AR)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Sununu (R-NH)
Tester (D-MT)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)
NAYs ---38 Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Present - 1 Stevens (R-AK)
Not Voting - 7 Biden (D-DE)
Brownback (R-KS)
Coburn (R-OK)
Dodd (D-CT)
Johnson (D-SD)
McCain (R-AZ)
Obama (D-IL)
Expressing the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and of the American people. (Placed on Calendar in Senate)
SJ 14 PCS
Calendar No. 179
110th CONGRESS
1st Session S. J. RES. 14 Expressing the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and of the American people.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 24, 2007 Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. DODD, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BYRD, Mr. CASEY, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. KERRY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. REID, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. STABENOW, and Mr. WEBB) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read the first time
May 25, 2007 Read the second time and placed on the calendar
JOINT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and of the American people.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE SENATE.
It is the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and of the American people.
Calendar No. 179
110th CONGRESS
1st Session S. J. RES. 14 JOINT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and of the American people.
May 25, 2007 Read the second time and placed on the calendar
Let’s call for a “no confidence” vote on RINO weasels like Collins and Snowe, SPECTRE, et al. I have zero confidence that THEY have the judgment, character, and competence to serve the nation well at this critical time, so let the nation go on record that THEY should be replaced. It would be more meaningful than the unprecedented and extra-constitutional nonsense that the ‘RATs just made up...... (p.s. I’m no Gonzales fan at all, but when vicious rabid ‘RATs are on the attack one should not aid them.... and he’s certainly not worse than Reno who was allowed to blunder her way through so many years of embarrassment — the double-standards of the Demagogues and RINOs are simply breathtaking!!)
This is the legal equivalent of the Senate declaring June as “Paris Hilton Awareness Month.” It is, however, constitutional.
Don’t the Democrats realize that 100 yes votes on this measure is not enough if they want Gonzales out as Attorney General.
Well... don't quit your day job and starting representing clients before the SCOTUS.
Congress can vote on a resolution about anything they want, and in this case, can expect properly to be ignored. That having been said, it is a troubling sign of the left wingers’ continuing drive to destroy America by turning it into some bastard form of europeanism.
No confidence votes don’t mean anything and have no legal effect. Having one doesn’t mean the Constitution is a living document. It just means that the Senate is spinning their wheels, taking up taxpayer time doing something that isn’t prohibited by the Constitution and has no significance whatsoever.
Impressive, really.
A vote on whether the Senate lunchroom should serve Red or Green Jello on Tuesday's would have more merit.
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