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Senate · Roll call 30 · 1st session · March 6, 2013 A vote to end debate, by invoking cloture, on the nomination of Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Cloture Motion Rejected51–41 End debate Party-line vote
Question
On the Cloture Motion
Official record
Senate roll call 30, 113th Congress, 1st session
Capitol Lens ID
113-s30, used in this page's address. It numbers every Senate roll call of the 113th Congress in order, so it differs from the official number, which restarts each session.
Bill
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How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 48 · No 1 · Did not vote 4
Republicans
Yes 1 · No 40 · Did not vote 4
Independent
Yes 2 · No 0

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

President's positions

President Obama's position: wanted a Yes vote

“we strongly urge the Senate support an up or down vote for this well-qualified nominee”

Source: Nomination · Checked against the statement (AI-assisted)

About this vote

Cloture is the Senate procedure for ending debate on a matter so it can move toward a final vote. A Yes vote supports ending debate on this judicial nomination.

This summary was drafted and checked with AI (Claude) using only the official record of the vote. Report an error

How each member voted

MemberSeatPartyTheir vote
Lisa MurkowskiAKRepublicanYes
Mark BegichAKDemocratYes
Jeff SessionsALRepublicanNo
Richard C. ShelbyALRepublicanNo
John BoozmanARRepublicanNo
Mark L. PryorARDemocratYes
Jeff FlakeAZRepublicanNo
John McCainAZRepublicanNo
Barbara BoxerCADemocratYes
Dianne FeinsteinCADemocratYes
Mark UdallCODemocratDid not vote
Michael F. BennetCODemocratYes
Christopher MurphyCTDemocratYes
Richard BlumenthalCTDemocratYes
Christopher A. CoonsDEDemocratYes
Thomas R. CarperDEDemocratYes
Bill NelsonFLDemocratYes
Marco RubioFLRepublicanNo
Johnny IsaksonGARepublicanNo
Saxby ChamblissGARepublicanNo
Brian SchatzHIDemocratYes
Mazie K. HironoHIDemocratYes
Chuck GrassleyIARepublicanNo
Tom HarkinIADemocratYes
James E. RischIDRepublicanNo
Mike CrapoIDRepublicanDid not vote
Mark KirkILRepublicanNo
Richard J. DurbinILDemocratYes
Daniel CoatsINRepublicanNo
Joe DonnellyINDemocratYes
Jerry MoranKSRepublicanNo
Pat RobertsKSRepublicanNo
Mitch McConnellKYRepublicanNo
Rand PaulKYRepublicanNo
David VitterLARepublicanDid not vote
Mary L. LandrieuLADemocratYes
Elizabeth WarrenMADemocratYes
William M. CowanMADemocratYes
Barbara A. MikulskiMDDemocratDid not vote
Benjamin L. CardinMDDemocratYes
Angus S. King, Jr.MEIndependentYes
Susan M. CollinsMERepublicanNo
Carl LevinMIDemocratYes
Debbie StabenowMIDemocratYes
Al FrankenMNDemocratYes
Amy KlobucharMNDemocratYes
Claire McCaskillMODemocratYes
Roy BluntMORepublicanNo
Roger F. WickerMSRepublicanNo
Thad CochranMSRepublicanNo
Jon TesterMTDemocratYes
Max BaucusMTDemocratYes
Kay R. HaganNCDemocratYes
Richard BurrNCRepublicanNo
Heidi HeitkampNDDemocratYes
John HoevenNDRepublicanNo
Deb FischerNERepublicanNo
Mike JohannsNERepublicanDid not vote
Jeanne ShaheenNHDemocratYes
Kelly AyotteNHRepublicanNo
Frank R. LautenbergNJDemocratDid not vote
Robert MenendezNJDemocratYes
Martin HeinrichNMDemocratYes
Tom UdallNMDemocratYes
Dean HellerNVRepublicanNo
Harry ReidNVDemocratNo
Charles E. SchumerNYDemocratYes
Kirsten E. GillibrandNYDemocratYes
Rob PortmanOHRepublicanNo
Sherrod BrownOHDemocratYes
James M. InhofeOKRepublicanNo
Tom CoburnOKRepublicanNo
Jeff MerkleyORDemocratYes
Ron WydenORDemocratYes
Patrick J. ToomeyPARepublicanNo
Robert P. Casey, Jr.PADemocratYes
Jack ReedRIDemocratYes
Sheldon WhitehouseRIDemocratYes
Lindsey GrahamSCRepublicanNo
Tim ScottSCRepublicanNo
John ThuneSDRepublicanNo
Tim JohnsonSDDemocratDid not vote
Bob CorkerTNRepublicanNo
Lamar AlexanderTNRepublicanNo
John CornynTXRepublicanNo
Ted CruzTXRepublicanNo
Mike LeeUTRepublicanNo
Orrin G. HatchUTRepublicanDid not vote
Mark R. WarnerVADemocratYes
Tim KaineVADemocratYes
Bernard SandersVTIndependentYes
Patrick J. LeahyVTDemocratYes
Maria CantwellWADemocratYes
Patty MurrayWADemocratYes
Ron JohnsonWIRepublicanNo
Tammy BaldwinWIDemocratYes
Joe Manchin, IIIWVDemocratYes
John D. Rockefeller, IVWVDemocratYes
John BarrassoWYRepublicanNo
Michael B. EnziWYRepublicanNo