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Vote Data for Confirmation of Eric Holder as Attorney General (111th Congress)


Date: February 2, 2009

Subject: Confirmation of Eric Holder as Attorney General

Description: The Senate voted to confirm Eric Holder as Attorney General of the United States. ACU opposed this nomination because of Mr. Holder's role in granting presidential pardons at the end of the Clinton administration, his disdain of Second Amendment rights, and other issues.

Result: Nomination Confirmed, 75-21

Names ordered: By yea/nay       Order alphabetically       Order by party       Order by state

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Voted in Favor:

Daniel Akaka (D-HI)  
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)  
Max Baucus (D-MT)  
Evan Bayh (D-IN)  
Bob Bennett (R-UT)  
Michael Bennet (D-CO)  
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)  
Christopher Bond (R-MO)  
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)  
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)  
Roland Burris (D-IL)  
Robert Byrd (D-WV)  
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)  
Ben Cardin (D-MD)  
Tom Carper (D-DE)  
Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA)  
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)  
Susan Collins (R-ME)  
Kent Conrad (D-ND)  
Bob Corker (R-TN)  
Christopher Dodd (D-CT)  
Byron Dorgan (D-ND)  
Richard Durbin (D-IL)  
Russ Feingold (D-WI)  
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)  
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)  
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)  
Charles Grassley (R-IA)  
Judd Gregg (R-NH)  
Kay Hagan (D-NC)  
Tom Harkin (D-IA)  
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)  
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)  
Johnny Isakson (R-GA)  
Tim Johnson (D-SD)  
Ted Kaufman (D-DE)  
John Kerry (D-MA)  
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)  
Herb Kohl (D-WI)  
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)  
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)  
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)  
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)  
Carl Levin (D-MI)  
Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)  
Blanche Lambert (D-AR)  
Richard Lugar (R-IN)  
John McCain (R-AZ)  
Claire McCaskill (D-MO)  
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)  
Jeff Merkley (D-OR)  
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)  
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)  
Patty Murray (D-WA)  
Ben Nelson (D-NE)  
Bill Nelson (D-FL)  
Mark Pryor (D-AR)  
Jack Reed (D-RI)  
Harry Reid (D-NV)  
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)  
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)  
Charles Schumer (D-NY)  
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)  
Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)  
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)  
Arlen Specter (R-PA)  
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)  
Jon Tester (D-MT)  
Mark Udall (D-CO)  
Tom Udall (D-NM)  
George Voinovich (R-OH)  
Mark Warner (D-VA)  
Jim Webb (D-VA)  
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)  
Ron Wyden (D-OR)  

Voted Against:

John Barrasso (R-WY)  
Sam Brownback (R-KS)  
Jim Bunning (R-KY)  
Richard Burr (R-NC)  
Tom Coburn (R-OK)  
Thad Cochran (R-MS)  
John Cornyn (R-TX)  
Mike Crapo (R-ID)  
Jim DeMint (R-SC)  
John Ensign (R-NV)  
Michael Enzi (R-WY)  
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)  
Jim Inhofe (R-OK)  
Mike Johanns (R-NE)  
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)  
Jim Risch (R-ID)  
Pat Roberts (R-KS)  
Richard Shelby (R-AL)  
John Thune (R-SD)  
David Vitter (R-LA)  
Roger Wicker (R-MS)  

Did Not Vote:

Mark Begich (D-AK)  
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)  
Mel Martinez (R-FL)  

Voting data shown on this page comes from Voteview.