No Cloture on Federal Energy Bill

Late last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a comprehensive new energy bill with four primary provisions: (1) a new CAFE fuel efficiency requirement for cars and trucks; (2) a national Renewable Fuel Standard; (3) a Renewable Electricity Standard; and, (4) tax reform for oil companies. It is a strong bill that would save Americans billions and set the country on a path toward more sustainable and domestic energy production and use.

As the bill moved over to the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid needed 60 "cloture" votes to, in effect, prevent filibuster on the new bill. Unfortunately, the bill did not achieve cloture in the Senate on Friday morning (December 7, 2007). Now it seems the Senate will redraft the energy legislation this week, creating more uncertainty for passage.

Please find below the cloture vote roll-call. Seven votes from 60.

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---53
Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Clinton (D-NY) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI)	Feinstein (D-CA) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) McCaskill (D-MO) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL)	Nelson (D-NE) Obama (D-IL) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Salazar (D-CO) Sanders (I-VT) Schumer (D-NY) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Webb (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---42
Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Barrasso (R-WY) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Byrd (D-WV) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Corker (R-TN)	Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Enzi (R-WY) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Hatch (R-UT) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA)	Landrieu (D-LA) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Roberts (R-KS) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Vitter (R-LA) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA)

Not Voting - 5
Ensign (R-NV) Hutchison (R-TX)	Kyl (R-AZ) Martinez (R-FL)	McCain (R-AZ)