Ben Bernanke Wins

Ben gets another term. The cloture vote was 77-23 and the confirmation vote was 70-30.
In the cloture vote, Democrats voted 53 to 5, and Republicans voted 23 to 17. The two independents split (Lieberman Yes, Sanders No). Note that Senator Kirk is still in office.
The seven senators who voted for cloture but against the nomination were Boxer, Dorgan, Franken, Harkin, Kaufman, LeMieux and Whitehouse.
Full roll calls after the jump.


Here’s the roll call of the cloture vote:

Begich D AK Nay
Cantwell D WA Nay
Feingold D WI Nay
Merkley D OR Nay
Specter D PA Nay
Sanders I VT Nay
Brownback R KS Nay
Bunning R KY Nay
Cornyn R TX Nay
Crapo R ID Nay
DeMint R SC Nay
Ensign R NV Nay
Grassley R IA Nay
Hutchison R TX Nay
Inhofe R OK Nay
McCain R AZ Nay
Risch R ID Nay
Roberts R KS Nay
Sessions R AL Nay
Shelby R AL Nay
Thune R SD Nay
Vitter R LA Nay
Wicker R MS Nay
Akaka D HI Yea
Baucus D MT Yea
Bayh D IN Yea
Bennet D CO Yea
Bingaman D NM Yea
Boxer D CA Yea
Brown D OH Yea
Burris D IL Yea
Byrd D WV Yea
Cardin D MD Yea
Carper D DE Yea
Casey D PA Yea
Conrad D ND Yea
Dodd D CT Yea
Dorgan D ND Yea
Durbin D IL Yea
Feinstein D CA Yea
Franken D MN Yea
Gillibrand D NY Yea
Hagan D NC Yea
Harkin D IA Yea
Inouye D HI Yea
Johnson D SD Yea
Kaufman D DE Yea
Kerry D MA Yea
Kirk D MA Yea
Klobuchar D MN Yea
Kohl D WI Yea
Landrieu D LA Yea
Lautenberg D NJ Yea
Leahy D VT Yea
Levin D MI Yea
Lincoln D AR Yea
McCaskill D MO Yea
Menendez D NJ Yea
Mikulski D MD Yea
Murray D WA Yea
Nelson D FL Yea
Nelson D NE Yea
Pryor D AR Yea
Reed D RI Yea
Reid D NV Yea
Rockefeller D WV Yea
Schumer D NY Yea
Shaheen D NH Yea
Stabenow D MI Yea
Tester D MT Yea
Udall D CO Yea
Udall D NM Yea
Warner D VA Yea
Webb D VA Yea
Whitehouse D RI Yea
Wyden D OR Yea
Lieberman I CT Yea
Alexander R TN Yea
Barrasso R WY Yea
Bennett R UT Yea
Bond R MO Yea
Burr R NC Yea
Chambliss R GA Yea
Coburn R OK Yea
Cochran R MS Yea
Collins R ME Yea
Corker R TN Yea
Enzi R WY Yea
Graham R SC Yea
Gregg R NH Yea
Hatch R UT Yea
Isakson R GA Yea
Johanns R NE Yea
Kyl R AZ Yea
LeMieux R FL Yea
Lugar R IN Yea
McConnell R KY Yea
Murkowski R AK Yea
Snowe R ME Yea
Voinovich R OH Yea

Here’s the confirmation vote:

Akaka D HI Yea
Alexander R TN Yea
Barrasso R WY Yea
Baucus D MT Yea
Bayh D IN Yea
Bennet D CO Yea
Bennett R UT Yea
Bingaman D NM Yea
Bond R MO Yea
Brown D OH Yea
Burr R NC Yea
Burris D IL Yea
Byrd D WV Yea
Cardin D MD Yea
Carper D DE Yea
Casey D PA Yea
Chambliss R GA Yea
Coburn R OK Yea
Cochran R MS Yea
Collins R ME Yea
Conrad D ND Yea
Corker R TN Yea
Dodd D CT Yea
Durbin D IL Yea
Enzi R WY Yea
Feinstein D CA Yea
Gillibrand D NY Yea
Graham R SC Yea
Gregg R NH Yea
Hagan D NC Yea
Hatch R UT Yea
Inouye D HI Yea
Isakson R GA Yea
Johanns R NE Yea
Johnson D SD Yea
Kerry D MA Yea
Kirk D MA Yea
Klobuchar D MN Yea
Kohl D WI Yea
Kyl R AZ Yea
Landrieu D LA Yea
Lautenberg D NJ Yea
Leahy D VT Yea
Levin D MI Yea
Lieberman I CT Yea
Lincoln D AR Yea
Lugar R IN Yea
McCaskill D MO Yea
McConnell R KY Yea
Menendez D NJ Yea
Mikulski D MD Yea
Murkowski R AK Yea
Murray D WA Yea
Nelson D FL Yea
Nelson D NE Yea
Pryor D AR Yea
Reed D RI Yea
Reid D NV Yea
Rockefeller D WV Yea
Schumer D NY Yea
Shaheen D NH Yea
Snowe R ME Yea
Stabenow D MI Yea
Tester D MT Yea
Udall D CO Yea
Udall D NM Yea
Voinovich R OH Yea
Warner D VA Yea
Webb D VA Yea
Wyden D OR Yea
Begich D AK Nay
Boxer D CA Nay
Brownback R KS Nay
Bunning R KY Nay
Cantwell D WA Nay
Cornyn R TX Nay
Crapo R ID Nay
DeMint R SC Nay
Dorgan D ND Nay
Ensign R NV Nay
Feingold D WI Nay
Franken D MN Nay
Grassley R IA Nay
Harkin D IA Nay
Hutchison R TX Nay
Inhofe R OK Nay
Kaufman D DE Nay
LeMieux R FL Nay
McCain R AZ Nay
Merkley D OR Nay
Risch R ID Nay
Roberts R KS Nay
Sanders I VT Nay
Sessions R AL Nay
Shelby R AL Nay
Specter D PA Nay
Thune R SD Nay
Vitter R LA Nay
Whitehouse D RI Nay
Wicker R MS Nay

Posted by on January 28th, 2010 at 3:45 pm


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