Who Voted For Cloture


On April 12, 2010, there was a Senate vote on Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 4851 ).

Measure Number: H.R. 4851 (Continuing Extension Act of 2010 ) A bill to provide a temporary extension of certain programs, and for other purposes.

The certain programs included unemployment benefits.

YEAs 60
NAYs 34
Not Voting 6

The following Republicans (and other non-Democrats) voted for cloture thus allowing for a vote on the unemployment benefit extensions.

Brown (R-MA)
Collins (R-ME)
Snowe (R-ME)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Sanders (I-VT)

No voting Democrat voted against cloture.

The following six Senators did not vote:

Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Gregg (R-NH)
Harkin (D-IA)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Rockefeller (D-WV)

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