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Vote On Iraq Troop Escalation

US Senators Up For Re-Election

20 February 2007

On 17 February 2007, the US Senate voted on a motion to end debate on a resolution opposing troop build-up in Iraq. The vote was 56-34, but 60 votes were needed to end debate and vote on the resolution.

This table shows how each Senator voted who is up for re-election in 2008. Senators who voted contrary to their party's position are highlighted. Other Republicans voting to end debate: Olympia Snowe (ME) and Arlen Specter (PA). All Democrats voted to end debate except for Johnson (SD) who remains hospitalized.

Senators not voting:
Bennett (R-UT), Bond (R-MO), Cochran (R-MS), Corker (R-TN), Ensign (R-NV), Hatch (R-UT), Johnson (D-SD), Kyl (R-AZ), McCain (R-AZ), Murkowski (R-AK).



Vote on Iraq Troop Escalation
Senators Up For Election In 2008
State Incumbent Vote
AL R Jeff Sessions
(1997 - )		 No.
AK R Ted Stevens
(1968 - )		 No.
AR D Mark Pryor
(2003 - )		 Yes.
CO R Wayne Allard
(1997 - )		 No.
DE D Joseph Biden
(1973 - )		 Yes.
GA R Saxby Chambliss
(2003 - )		 No.
ID R Larry E. Craig
(1991 - )		 No.
IA D Tom Harkin
(1985 - ) 		Yes.
IL D Richard Durbin
(1997 - )		 Yes.
KS R Pat Roberts
(1997 - )		 No.
KY R Mitch McConnell
(1985 - )		 No.
LA D Mary Landrieu
(1997 - )		 Yes.
ME R Susan Collins
(1997 - )		 Yes.
MA D John Kerry
(1985 - )		 Yes.
MI D Carl Levin
(1979 - )		 Yes.
MN R Norm Coleman
(2003 - )		 Yes.
MS R Thad Cochran
(1979 - )		 No.
MT D Max Baucus
(1978 - )		 Yes.
NJ D Frank R. Lautenberg
(1982-2001, 2003-)		 Yes.
NC R Elizabeth Dole
(2003 - )		 No.
NE R Chuck Hagel
(1997 - )		 Yes.
NH R John E. Sununu
(2003 - )		 No.
NM R Pete Domenici
(1973 - )		 No.
OK R James M. Inhofe
(1994 - )		 No.
OR R Gordon H. Smith
(1997 - )		 Yes.
RI D Jack Reed
(1997 - )		 Yes.
SC R Lindsey Graham
(2003 - )		 No.
SD D Tim Johnson
(1997 - )		 Did Not Vote.
TN R Lamar Alexander
(2003 - )		 No.
TX R John Cornyn
(2002 - )		 No.
VA R John W. Warner
(1979 - )		 Yes.
WV D Jay Rockefeller IV
(1985 - )		 Yes.
WY R Michael B. Enzi
(1997 - )		 No.

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