Gonzales Wins Confirmation as Attorney General

Reuters ^ | Feb 3, 2005 | Reuters

[mdittmar]

White House counsel Alberto Gonzales survived a Democratic wall of opposition on Thursday to win U.S. Senate confirmation as the nation's next attorney general. He will be the first Hispanic-American to hold the post.

In approving Gonzales, the Republican-led Senate rejected Democratic complaints he had helped craft administration policies that contributed to the torture of foreign detainees following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

[So Cal Rocket]

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109^th Congress - 1^st Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation Alberto R. Gonzales to be Attorney General )
Vote Number:	3	Vote Date:	February 3, 2005, 04:29 PM
Required For Majority:	1/2	Vote Result:	Nomination Confirmed
Nomination Number:	PN12
Nomination Description:	Alberto R. Gonzales, of Texas, to be Attorney General

Vote Counts:	YEAs	60
	NAYs	36
	Not Voting	4

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Akaka (D-HI), Nay Alexander (R-TN), Yea Allard (R-CO), Yea Allen (R-VA), Yea Baucus (D-MT), Not Voting Bayh (D-IN), Nay Bennett (R-UT), Yea Biden (D-DE), Nay Bingaman (D-NM), Nay Bond (R-MO), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Nay Brownback (R-KS), Yea Bunning (R-KY), Yea Burns (R-MT), Not Voting Burr (R-NC), Yea Byrd (D-WV), Nay Cantwell (D-WA), Nay Carper (D-DE), Nay Chafee (R-RI), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Clinton (D-NY), Nay Coburn (R-OK), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Yea Coleman (R-MN), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Conrad (D-ND), Not Voting Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Corzine (D-NJ), Nay Craig (R-ID), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea Dayton (D-MN), Nay DeMint (R-SC), Yea DeWine (R-OH), Yea Dodd (D-CT), Nay

Dole (R-NC), Yea Domenici (R-NM), Yea Dorgan (D-ND), Nay Durbin (D-IL), Nay Ensign (R-NV), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feingold (D-WI), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Nay Frist (R-TN), Yea Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagel (R-NE), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Inouye (D-HI), Not Voting Isakson (R-GA), Yea Jeffords (I-VT), Nay Johnson (D-SD), Nay Kennedy (D-MA), Nay Kerry (D-MA), Nay Kohl (D-WI), Nay Kyl (R-AZ), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay Leahy (D-VT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Nay Lieberman (D-CT), Yea Lincoln (D-AR), Nay Lott (R-MS), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea Martinez (R-FL), Yea

McCain (R-AZ), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Nay Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murray (D-WA), Nay Nelson (D-FL), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Yea Obama (D-IL), Nay Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Nay Reid (D-NV), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay Salazar (D-CO), Yea 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), Yea Specter (R-PA), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Nay Stevens (R-AK), Yea Sununu (R-NH), Yea Talent (R-MO), Yea Thomas (R-WY), Yea Thune (R-SD), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Yea Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (R-VA), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Nay

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---60
Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Chafee (R-RI) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) DeWine (R-OH) Dole (R-NC)	Domenici (R-NM) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Frist (R-TN) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lieberman (D-CT) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY)	Murkowski (R-AK) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Pryor (D-AR) Roberts (R-KS) Salazar (D-CO) Santorum (R-PA) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Talent (R-MO) Thomas (R-WY) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA)

NAYs ---36
Akaka (D-HI) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Clinton (D-NY) Corzine (D-NJ) Dayton (D-MN) Dodd (D-CT)	Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Harkin (D-IA) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT)	Levin (D-MI) Lincoln (D-AR) Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Obama (D-IL) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Stabenow (D-MI) Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 4
Baucus (D-MT) Burns (R-MT)	Conrad (D-ND) Inouye (D-HI)

[KATIE-O]

Wait. I'm seeing you say it was 85-13, someone else is saying 60-36. Who's right?

THE VOTE WAS 60 REPUBLICANS 36 DUMBASS DEMOCRATS

[SeaBiscuit]

Excellent, thanks for posting the list.

[KATIE-O]

Nays 13 - a Boxer's Dozen


THE NAYS WERE 36! EVEN OLD BILLARY VOTED NAY!

[Teacher317]

Hillary and Bayh against, Lieberman for... the 2008 prep continues. (Will Hillary explain the difference between Rice and Gonzalez?)

[basil]

Yes--the Second Amendment is taking another hit--and I fear that this is a big one.

[sam_whiskey]

"Democratic complaints he had helped craft administration policies that contributed to the torture of foreign detainees following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States."

Didn't he just write a memo?? This has always been such a lame accusation based on rank speculation. He never, ever, gave the go-ahead for "torture" to take place like we saw at Abu Grahib. That's the bottomline.

[sam_whiskey]

It's called "I want to run for President in '08 but right now my party thinks I'm too conservative"....

[mdittmar]

That's all,and "torture" ain't what happened,see post 75 for torture.

[PROUDAMREP]

Bayh is not representing his consituents here in Hoosierland. Saddening to see a once honorable man fall in with the likes of Boxer, Kennedy, Byrd and that group of miserable pieces of humanity.

[judgeandjury]

No mention of his legal status...please start a raving vanity.

Very cute, and juvenile.

[COEXERJ145]

2nd. ammendment takes another hit!

No it didn't. Gonzales won't be creating laws, only enforcing them.

[Howlin]

Gonzales has been sworn in by Cheney!

[Howlin]

He'll get the nod for USSC, too.

[TexasCajun]

Haven't we learned that Alberto Gonzales supports open borders?

Michele Malkin shed some light on Mr. Gonzales!

[COEXERJ145]

reenact clinton assault weapon ban, he wil ok passage of it!

Uh, the Attorney General doesn't pass legislation, that is the domain of Congress. If you're so worried, contact your Congress Critters and relax. The AWB is beyond DOA in the House.

[verity]

2nd. ammendment takes another hit!

I hope you shoot better than you spell.

[Dog Gone]

Good for him. And to those who say Gonzales is pro-abortion, quit distorting his record. It's a charge based on a Texas Supreme Court opinion regarding the wording of the Texas Parental Notification law, taken wholly out of context probably by those who never even read the decision.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

People over at DU are spitting blood over the democratic party "traitors," too...sometimes it's fun to peek!