Lunatic Fringe wrote:
Here are the Cloture Vote Results:
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the
direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary
Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture On The
Nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr. of New Jersey, To Be An Associate
Justice Of The Supreme Court )
Vote Number: 1 Vote Date: January 30, 2006, 04:40 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Nomination Number: PN1059
Nomination Description: Samuel A. Alito, Jr., of New Jersey, to be an
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Vote Counts: YEAs 72
NAYs 25
Not Voting 3
Even better news: The majority of Justices now on the bench are
Catholic! :-D
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