Did Kerry not participate in the Bolton vote last year? I am having

[babylonsister]

a tough time trying to find who voted (Landrieu, Nelson (N), and Pryor voted w/GOP)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1725095&mesg_id=1725114

[karynnj]

1. Kerry and Feingold voted against him in committee

and voted against cloture (for filibuster). This is the only cloture vote I see in the Thomas roll call when I search on "Bolton" in the first session of the 109th Congress.

Note that Voinivich who voted against him in committee voted for cloture. There were 42 nos and only 56 yeas - the yeas are what count they need 60. (So not voting counts the same as a no - the not voting were Specter and Inohe. At least Inohe was likely a real no) They needed to pick up 4 more votes to win.


S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 1st 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 Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of John R. Bolton, of Maryland, to be Representative of the U.S. to the United Nations )
Vote Number: 129 Vote Date: May 26, 2005, 06:17 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture Motion Rejected
Nomination Number: PN326
Nomination Description: John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations
Vote Counts: YEAs 56
NAYs 42
Not Voting 2
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), 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
Brownback (R-KS), Yea
Bunning (R-KY), Yea
Burns (R-MT), Yea
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), Nay
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), 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
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), Nay
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), Nay
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), 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), Yea
Specter (R-PA), Not Voting
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

[babylonsister]

2. There's that list-thank you, karynnj!

:hi:

[karynnj]

4. check TayTay's post - there was another vote in June,2005

where Kerry, Feingold etc did not vote as the poster said - but as TayTay said - it did not affect the outcome - as not voting and No count the same way.

[TayTay]

3. There have been several votes on Bolton

under this President. Sen. Kerry voted against getting his first nomination out of committee in 2001, when Bolton was nominated for Undersecretary of Defense for Arms Negotiation. Then Kerry voted against him in committee:

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 107th Congress - 1st 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 - John Robert Bolton, Of Maryland, To Be Under Secretary Of State For Arms Control / International Security )
Vote Number: 92 Vote Date: May 8, 2001, 10:15 AM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Nomination Confirmed
Nomination Number: PN185
Nomination Description: John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, vice John David Holum, resigned.
Vote Counts: YEAs 57
NAYs 43

Kerry (D-MA), Nay

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There was a vote to invoke cloture on Bolton's nomination to be UN ambassador last year. Sen. Kerry was absent from the vote, which did not affect the outcome.

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 1st 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 Cloture Motion (Upon Reconsideration, Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of John R. Bolton, of Maryland, to be Representative of the United States to the United Nations )
Vote Number: 142 Vote Date: June 20, 2005, 06:04 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture Motion Rejected
Nomination Number: PN326
Nomination Description: John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations
Vote Counts: YEAs 54
NAYs 38
Not Voting 8

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The best Kerry V. Bolton thing in the record is one from way back in 1989. Bolton was nominated by Bush's father for Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. Kerry voted to report the nomination out of the Foreign Relations Committee then proceeded to blister Bolton the bastard on the floor of the Senate and insert into the Congressional Record all the bad stuff that Bolton had done, while at the Justice Department under Ed Meese, to torpedo the Iran-Contra investigation. It is quite the speech. (Kerry can utterly blister someone when he is so inclined.) You can go see this one by accessing info on the 101st Congress in the search for the Congressional Record: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/r109query.html Choosing Kerry as the Senator, entering Bolton as the search term and then selecting May 4th, 1989 as the date. Scroll down and read. It's a real beaut.

There are no recorded votes on the '89 nomination for Bolton in the CG.

[babylonsister]

5. You guys are a wealth of knowledge-thanks so much! nt

[Blaukraut]

6. Jeez, Bolton is like the Christmas fruitcake, isn't he?

Keeps making the rounds year after year, and nobody wants him.