Senate Roll Call on Alito Filibuster

I tried to post this last week but blogger was having some problems (not operator error.........This time..............LOL). This is the vote on the filibuster. The actual confirmation vote was much closer. If I remember correctly the vote was 53 to 42, with 3 not voting. I don't understand how or why our congressional representatives can't show up to vote, especially on such important issues such as this......................Scott


The 72-25 roll call by which the Senate voted to end debate on Samuel Alito's Supreme Court nomination.
On this vote, a "yes" vote was a vote to end the debate and a "no" vote was a vote to filibuster the nomination.
Voting "yes" were 19 Democrats and 53 Republicans.
Voting "no" were 24 Democrats and one independent.
Alabama
Sessions (R) Yes; Shelby (R) Yes.
Alaska
Murkowski (R) Yes; Stevens (R) Yes.
Arizona
Kyl (R) Yes; McCain (R) Yes.
Arkansas
Lincoln (D) Yes; Pryor (D) Yes.
California
Boxer (D) No; Feinstein (D) No.
Colorado
Allard (R) Yes; Salazar (D) Yes.
Connecticut
Dodd (D) No; Lieberman (D) Yes.
Delaware
Biden (D) No; Carper (D) Yes.
Florida
Martinez (R) Yes; Nelson (D) Yes.
Georgia
Chambliss (R) Yes; Isakson (R) Yes.
Hawaii
Akaka (D) Yes; Inouye (D) Yes.
Idaho
Craig (R) Yes; Crapo (R) Yes.
Illinois
Durbin (D) No; Obama (D) No.
Indiana
Bayh (D) No; Lugar (R) Yes.
Iowa
Grassley (R) Yes; Harkin (D) Not Voting.
Kansas
Brownback (R) Yes; Roberts (R) Yes.
Kentucky
Bunning (R) Yes; McConnell (R) Yes.
Louisiana
Landrieu (D) Yes; Vitter (R) Yes.
Maine
Collins (R) Yes; Snowe (R) Yes.
Maryland
Mikulski (D) No; Sarbanes (D) No.
Massachusetts
Kennedy (D) No; Kerry (D) No.
Michigan
Levin (D) No; Stabenow (D) No.
Minnesota
Coleman (R) Yes; Dayton (D) No.
Mississippi
Cochran (R) Yes; Lott (R) Yes.
Missouri
Bond (R) Yes; Talent (R) Yes.
Montana
Baucus (D) Yes; Burns (R) Yes.
Nebraska
Hagel (R) Not Voting; Nelson (D) Yes.
Nevada
Ensign (R) Not Voting; Reid (D) No.
New Hampshire
Gregg (R) Yes; Sununu (R) Yes.
New Jersey
Lautenberg (D) No; Menendez (D) No.
New Mexico
Bingaman (D) Yes; Domenici (R) Yes.
New York
Clinton (D) No; Schumer (D) No.
North Carolina
Burr (R) Yes; Dole (R) Yes.
North Dakota
Conrad (D) Yes; Dorgan (D) Yes.
Ohio
DeWine (R) Yes; Voinovich (R) Yes.
Oklahoma
Coburn (R) Yes; Inhofe (R) Yes.
Oregon
Smith (R) Yes; Wyden (D) No.
Pennsylvania
Santorum (R) Yes; Specter (R) Yes.
Rhode Island
Chafee (R) Yes; Reed (D) No.
South Carolina
DeMint (R) Yes; Graham (R) Yes.
South Dakota
Johnson (D) Yes; Thune (R) Yes.
Tennessee
Alexander (R) Yes; Frist (R) Yes.
Texas
Cornyn (R) Yes; Hutchison (R) Yes.
Utah
Bennett (R) Yes; Hatch (R) Yes.
Vermont
Jeffords (I) No; Leahy (D) No.
Virginia
Allen (R) Yes; Warner (R) Yes.
Washington
Cantwell (D) Yes; Murray (D) No.
West Virginia
Byrd (D) Yes; Rockefeller (D) Yes.
Wisconsin
Feingold (D) No; Kohl (D) Yes.
Wyoming
Enzi (R) Yes; Thomas (R) Yes.