FISA roll call

[ProSense]

Vote Summary


Question: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 6304 )
Vote Number: 158 Vote Date: June 25, 2008, 06:25 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to
Measure Number: H.R. 6304 (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 )
Measure Title: A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes.
Vote Counts: YEAs 80
NAYs 15
Not Voting 5

YEAs ---80
Akaka (D-HI)
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Inouye (D-HI)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wicker (R-MS)

NAYs ---15
Biden (D-DE)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 5
Byrd (D-WV)
Clinton (D-NY)
Kennedy (D-MA)
McCain (R-AZ)
Obama (D-IL)

[rpannier]

1. Sold out by our own

The Vichy-Dems strike again.

[SharonRB]

2. This was the vote for cloture, correct?

When is the vote on the actual bill?

[Mass]

4. No, this is the first procedural vote (cloture for the motion to proceed to the bill).

I would expect there is at least a cloture for the bill before a vote for the bill.

Reid seemed to imply the bill itself would be voted after the 4th of July recess.

[SharonRB]

9. Thanks for the clarification

There are way too many procedural votes if you want my opinion (which you probably don't).

[JackRiddler]

3. Obama & Clinton absent.

What's up with that?

[Freddie Stubbs]

5. Obama is probably out campaigning

Hillary? I'm not sure what her reason is.

[JackRiddler]

6. How is that an excuse? Seriously?

He's on record, if moderately, against telcom immunity, and what's more important than that today?

[robinlynne]

8. nada. absolutely nothing is more important right now.

[JackRiddler]

10. And the procedural votes are the whole game.

If it gets to a final vote on the bill, one can safely vote against with the Republicans as a solid block of yeahs and several Democrats no matter what going with them.

[robinlynne]

11. but they can still filibuster and not let the vote take place, right?

[JackRiddler]

12. That would be the cloture motion to end a filibuster (2/3 required?)

[robinlynne]

13. We have 15 Senators opposed to voting. (+KENNEDY) Can't they just keep talking?

I mean many votes have been cancelled becuase republicans "threatened to filibuster". they never even did it.
in the meantime the 15 could force ammendments?

[JackRiddler]

14. Threatening to filibuster only works...

when the other side rolls over. You should have to actually do it. But here we probably have the reverse situation.

A persistently pursued filibuster can only be stopped by a two-thirds vote of the Senate, but you've got to have enough guys to keep talking around the clock. I can imagine at some point the leadership might put enormous pressure on the filibusters to stop in the name of getting all that important other business done, and to avoid an "embarrassing" vote that exposes the real level of support for telcom immunity (which the bill vote will not do).

[robinlynne]

16. fuck the "leadership". Steny Hoyer wrote this piece of crap.

[Freddie Stubbs]

18. Would 80-16 have made a difference as opposed to 80-15?

:shrug:

[robinlynne]

7. guess.

[KamaAina]

15. Of course "In-Your-Way" caved, but Akaka?

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[dailykoff]

17. So cloture means they limit discussion to 30 hours.

Was there any discussion of the amendement removing immunity today?