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Senate Vote 4 (111th Congress, 1st Session) · January 15, 2009
S. 181

On the Cloture Motion

A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation…

ClotureCivil rights
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The question

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

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The tally

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

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The people

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

The official record
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Reference number
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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 S. 181

January 22, 2009 · On the Amendment · 40–55 January 22, 2009 · On the Motion to Table · 53–43 January 22, 2009 · On the Motion to Table · 55–39 January 22, 2009 · On the Motion to Table · 55–41 January 22, 2009 · On the Motion to Table · 66–31 January 22, 2009 · On the Motion to Table · 59–38 January 22, 2009 · On the Motion to Table · 59–38 January 22, 2009 · On Passage of the Bill · 61–36 January 27, 2009 · On Motion to Commit · 176–250 January 27, 2009 · On Passage · 250–177
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 34 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 7 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
  1. Alaska: 2 yes, 0 no
  2. Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
  3. Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
  5. Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
  6. Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
  7. Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
  8. North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
  9. Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no
  11. Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
  12. Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
  13. New York: 2 yes, 0 no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
  18. Wyoming: 0 yes, 2 no
  19. South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
  20. Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
  26. California: 2 yes, 0 no
  27. Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
  28. Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
  30. Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  33. Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  34. Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
  35. Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: 1 yes, 1 no
  37. New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
  38. Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  39. Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
  40. Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
  41. North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 0 yes, 2 no
  45. Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
  46. Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
  49. Hawaii: 2 yes, 0 no
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
  51. Florida: 2 yes, 0 no

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

Alaska 2 yes, 0 no

Arizona 1 yes, 1 no

California 2 yes, 0 no

Colorado 2 yes, 0 no

Iowa 2 yes, 0 no

Illinois 1 yes, 0 no

Indiana 1 yes, 1 no

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

Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no

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

Michigan 2 yes, 0 no

Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no

Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no

Montana 2 yes, 0 no

North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no

New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no

New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no

New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no

Nevada 1 yes, 1 no

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

Oklahoma 0 yes, 2 no

Oregon 2 yes, 0 no

Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no

Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no

Virginia 2 yes, 0 no

Washington 2 yes, 0 no

Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 99 members

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