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Senate Vote 215 (110th Congress, 2nd Session) · December 11, 2008

H.R. 7005

On the Cloture Motion

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide alternative minimum tax relief for individuals for 2008.

ClotureTaxes & tariffs

The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record

Senate.gov — official roll-call record
Congress.gov — official bill page
Tally data compiled from the official record by Voteview (UCLA) · see sources

Cite this record

Reference number: vote-110-s657
Permanent link: https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/vote-110-s657
Official source: U.S. Senate roll-call vote record ↗
Last checked: October 26, 2026Congressional vote archive last refreshed from the official roll-call records

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APA

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Senate recorded vote (110th Congress): On the Cloture Motion (H.R. 7005)}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/vote-110-s657}},
  note         = {Reference number vote-110-s657; official source: U.S. Senate roll-call vote record, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll\_call\_votes/vote1102/vote\_110\_2\_00215.htm; last checked October 26, 2026; accessed October 26, 2026}
}

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The tally

How the vote fell

The measure itself

What was on the floor

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 7005

The map

How each state's senators voted

In 23 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 16 every one voted no; 9 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.

All yes
All no
Split
No yes or no vote

Alaska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota: 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
New York: 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Oregon: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
Wyoming: 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
California: 2 yes, 0 no
Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Arizona: 0 yes, 2 no
New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
Oklahoma: 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
Hawaii: 2 yes, 0 no
Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Florida: 1 yes, 1 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Official records

Every vote, by name — 100 members

Select any member to pull their file.

On the Cloture Motion

How the vote fell

What was on the floor

Every roll call on H.R. 7005

How each state's senators voted

Alaska 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Alabama 0 yes, 2 no

Arkansas 1 yes, 1 no

Arizona 0 yes, 2 no

California 2 yes, 0 no

Colorado 1 yes, 1 no

Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Florida 1 yes, 1 no

Georgia 0 yes, 2 no

Hawaii 2 yes, 0 no

Iowa 1 yes, 1 no

Idaho 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Illinois 1 yes, 0 no

Indiana 2 yes, 0 no

Kansas 1 yes, 1 no

Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no

Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no

Massachusetts 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Maryland 2 yes, 0 no

Maine 2 yes, 0 no

Michigan 2 yes, 0 no

Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no

Missouri 2 yes, 0 no

Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no

Montana 0 yes, 2 no

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no

New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no

Nevada 0 yes, 2 no

New York 2 yes, 0 no

Ohio 2 yes, 0 no

Oklahoma 0 yes, 2 no

Oregon 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no

Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Utah 0 yes, 2 no

Virginia 2 yes, 0 no

Vermont 2 yes, 0 no

Washington 2 yes, 0 no

Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no

West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no

Wyoming 0 yes, 2 no

Every vote, by name — 100 members