Tag Archives: Washington DC

Flashback: Republican Senators Roll Call Votes on Holder’s Nomination for Attorney General in 2009

Posted on by

On February 2, 2009, the United States Senate voted on the Nomination (Confirmation Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Attorney General ).  Listed below are the Republican and Independent Senators that voted in favor of Eric Holder’s nomination and those that voted against his nomination.

I thought that it was the appropriate time to point out which of our representatives had it right about Eric Holder and those who did not.

‘Yea’ Voted in favor of Holder’s nomination:

Alexander (R-TN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)

Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lugar (R-IN)
McCain (R-AZ)

Murkowski (R-AK)
Sanders (I-VT)
Sessions (R-AL)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Voinovich (R-OH)

________________________________________________________________________

‘Nay’ - Voted against Holder’s nomination:

Barrasso (R-WY)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Cornyn (R-TX)		 Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johanns (R-NE)		 McConnell (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)