S.3036: A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes.

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June 04, 2008 Roll call number 143 in the Senate
Question On the Motion (Motion to Instruct Sgt-At-Arms )
Ayes: 27 (Democrat: 25; Republican: 0; Other: 2)
Nays: 28 (Democrat: 0; Republican: 28)
Abstained: 45 (Democrat: 25; Republican: 20)
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%)
Percentage of 'aye' votes: 27%
Result: Motion Rejected

Votes by Senator

NameVoted
Daniel K. Akaka Abstain
Sen. Lamar Alexander [R, TN] Abstain
Wayne Allard Nay
Sen. John Barrasso [R, WY] Nay
Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT] Aye
Evan Bayh Abstain
Robert Bennett Abstain
Joseph Biden Abstain
Jeff Bingaman Abstain
Kit Bond Abstain
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] Aye
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH] Aye
Sam Brownback Abstain
Jim Bunning Abstain
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC] Nay
Robert Byrd Abstain
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA] Aye
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin [D, MD] Abstain
Sen. Thomas R. Carper [D, DE] Abstain
Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr. [D, PA] Aye
Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA] Nay
Hillary Clinton Abstain
Sen. Tom Coburn [R, OK] Nay
Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS] Abstain
Norm Coleman Nay
Sen. Susan M. Collins [R, ME] Nay
Kent Conrad Abstain
Sen. Bob Corker [R, TN] Nay
Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX] Abstain
Larry Craig Nay
Sen. Mike Crapo [R, ID] Abstain
Jim DeMint Nay
Christopher Dodd Aye
Elizabeth Dole Nay
Pete Domenici Abstain
Byron Dorgan Aye
Sen. Richard J. Durbin [D, IL] Aye
John Ensign Abstain
Sen. Michael B. Enzi [R, WY] Nay
Russell Feingold Aye
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA] Abstain
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC] Nay
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R, IA] Nay
Judd Gregg Abstain
Chuck Hagel Abstain
Sen. Tom Harkin [D, IA] Aye
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch [R, UT] Abstain
Kay Bailey Hutchison Nay
Sen. James M. Inhofe [R, OK] Nay
Daniel K. Inouye Abstain
Sen. Johnny Isakson [R, GA] Abstain
Sen. Tim Johnson [D, SD] Aye
Ted Kennedy Abstain
John F. Kerry Aye
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D, MN] Aye
Herb Kohl Aye
Jon Kyl Abstain
Sen. Mary L. Landrieu [D, LA] Abstain
Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg [D, NJ] Abstain
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy [D, VT] Aye
Sen. Carl Levin [D, MI] Aye
Joseph I. Lieberman Aye
Blanche Lincoln Aye
Richard G. Lugar Nay
Mel Martinez Nay
Sen. John McCain [R, AZ] Abstain
Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO] Aye
Sen. Mitch McConnell [R, KY] Nay
Sen. Robert Menendez [D, NJ] Abstain
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski [D, MD] Abstain
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK] Nay
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA] Abstain
Sen. Bill Nelson [D, FL] Abstain
Ben Nelson Aye
Pres. Barack Obama Abstain
Sen. Mark L. Pryor [D, AR] Aye
Sen. Jack Reed [D, RI] Aye
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] Aye
Sen. Pat Roberts [R, KS] Abstain
Sen. John D. Rockefeller, IV [D, WV] Abstain
Ken Salazar Aye
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT] Aye
Sen. Charles E. Schumer [D, NY] Aye
Sen. Jeff Sessions [R, AL] Nay
Sen. Richard C. Shelby [R, AL] Abstain
Gordon Smith Abstain
Olympia J. Snowe Nay
Arlen Specter Abstain
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D, MI] Abstain
Ted Stevens Abstain
John Sununu Nay
Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT] Aye
Sen. John Thune [R, SD] Nay
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA] Nay
George Voinovich Nay
John Warner Nay
Jim Webb Abstain
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI] Abstain
Sen. Roger F. Wicker [R, MS] Nay
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR] Abstain

* - Voters marked "No Data" are voters that THOMAS has not associated yet.

** Because of incomplete data, party breakdown visualizations may be inaccurate by one or two votes.

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