Alert: Your Voice as an Undeniable Wall of Sound

We lost the vote for cloture 49-42, meaning the bill is still in limbo. But the bill is not dead, so now we must activate and not allow the Senate off the hook for Safety and Airline Passengers Rights. We must become a constant Wall of Sound that they MUST listen to. We need you now more than ever.

Your Voice is Our Voice
The need for protecting our rights is critical, and the number of people on our side is impressive. While Senators think our numbers are important, hearing your voice is persuasive. Everyone who works for you day in and day out are volunteers – people pushed or pulled by events to get more involved. We’re just like you. Now we need YOU.

We need you to call your Senators and Congress members and keep calling until we get this done. Send a fax. Send an email. Go to their office and ask to speak with them. We need this bill signed into law this summer. It’s up to you. It’s time to stop watching and start acting. We need a WALL of sound in the Senate between now and the end of June. 

See How Your Senators Voted
Below is a list, by state, of how each Senator voted on the cloture motion to move the bill out of filibuster. Reach out to your Senators and tell them you’re pleased with their Yea vote and ask them to push their colleagues for change… or tell your Senator you’re disappointed with their Nay vote, and push them to support the Passengers’ Bill of Rights.

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress - 2nd Session as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.

Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Rockefeller Amdt. No. 4627 (Subst.) to H.R. 2881 )

Vote Number:

115

Vote Date:

May 6, 2008, 02:32 PM

Required For Majority:

3/5

Vote Result:

Cloture Motion Rejected

Amendment Number:

S.Amdt. 4627 to H.R. 2881 (FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007)

Statement of Purpose:

In the nature of a substitute.

Vote Counts:

YEAs

49

 

NAYs

42

 

Not Voting

9

Senate Votes Grouped by Home State


Alabama:

Sessions (R-AL), Nay

Shelby (R-AL), Nay

Alaska:

Murkowski (R-AK), Nay

Stevens (R-AK), Nay

Arizona:

Kyl (R-AZ), Nay

McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting

Arkansas:

Lincoln (D-AR), Yea

Pryor (D-AR), Yea

California:

Boxer (D-CA), Yea

Feinstein (D-CA), Yea

Colorado:

Allard (R-CO), Nay

Salazar (D-CO), Yea

Connecticut:

Dodd (D-CT), Yea

Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea

Delaware:

Biden (D-DE), Yea

Carper (D-DE), Yea

Florida:

Martinez (R-FL), Nay

Nelson (D-FL), Yea

Georgia:

Chambliss (R-GA), Nay

Isakson (R-GA), Nay

Hawaii:

Akaka (D-HI), Yea

Inouye (D-HI), Yea

Idaho:

Craig (R-ID), Not Voting

Crapo (R-ID), Nay

Illinois:

Durbin (D-IL), Yea

Obama (D-IL), Not Voting

Indiana:

Bayh (D-IN), Not Voting

Lugar (R-IN), Nay

Iowa:

Grassley (R-IA), Nay

Harkin (D-IA), Yea

Kansas:

Brownback (R-KS), Yea

Roberts (R-KS), Yea

Kentucky:

Bunning (R-KY), Nay

McConnell (R-KY), Nay

Louisiana:

Landrieu (D-LA), Not Voting

Vitter (R-LA), Nay

Maine:

Collins (R-ME), Nay

Snowe (R-ME), Yea

Maryland:

Cardin (D-MD), Yea

Mikulski (D-MD), Yea

Massachusetts:

Kennedy (D-MA), Yea

Kerry (D-MA), Yea

Michigan:

Levin (D-MI), Yea

Stabenow (D-MI), Yea

Minnesota:

Coleman (R-MN), Nay

Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea

Mississippi:

Cochran (R-MS), Nay

Wicker (R-MS), Nay

Missouri:

Bond (R-MO), Nay

McCaskill (D-MO), Yea

Montana:

Baucus (D-MT), Yea

Tester (D-MT), Yea

Nebraska:

Hagel (R-NE), Not Voting

Nelson (D-NE), Yea

Nevada:

Ensign (R-NV), Nay

Reid (D-NV), Nay

New Hampshire:

Gregg (R-NH), Nay

Sununu (R-NH), Nay

New Jersey:

Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea

Menendez (D-NJ), Yea

New Mexico:

Bingaman (D-NM), Yea

Domenici (R-NM), Nay

New York:

Clinton (D-NY), Not Voting

Schumer (D-NY), Yea

North Carolina:

Burr (R-NC), Not Voting

Dole (R-NC), Nay

North Dakota:

Conrad (D-ND), Yea

Dorgan (D-ND), Yea

Ohio:

Brown (D-OH), Yea

Voinovich (R-OH), Nay

Oklahoma:

Coburn (R-OK), Nay

Inhofe (R-OK), Not Voting

Oregon:

Smith (R-OR), Nay

Wyden (D-OR), Yea

Pennsylvania:

Casey (D-PA), Yea

Specter (R-PA), Nay

Rhode Island:

Reed (D-RI), Yea

Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea

South Carolina:

DeMint (R-SC), Nay

Graham (R-SC), Nay

South Dakota:

Johnson (D-SD), Yea

Thune (R-SD), Nay

Tennessee:

Alexander (R-TN), Nay

Corker (R-TN), Nay

Texas:

Cornyn (R-TX), Nay

Hutchison (R-TX), Nay

Utah:

Bennett (R-UT), Nay

Hatch (R-UT), Nay

Vermont:

Leahy (D-VT), Yea

Sanders (I-VT), Yea

Virginia:

Warner (R-VA), Nay

Webb (D-VA), Yea

Washington:

Cantwell (D-WA), Yea

Murray (D-WA), Yea

West Virginia:

Byrd (D-WV), Yea

Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea

Wisconsin:

Feingold (D-WI), Yea

Kohl (D-WI), Yea

Wyoming:

Barrasso (R-WY), Nay

Enzi (R-WY), Nay

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Best Regards,

Kate Hanni
Executive Director
Coalition for Passengers’ Rights, Health & Safety (CPRHS)
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