Senate Takes First Step Under Debt Ceiling Deal

The U.S. Senate acted today under the debt ceiling deal hashed out this summer in a largely symbolic vote on a "resolution of disapproval." If passed, the resolution of disapproval could have gone to the President's desk and required him to veto in order to raise the debt ceiling.

Senate Democrats blocked the resolution at one of the very first stops in the legislative process - the motion to proceed to the consideration of the measure. The resolution of disapproval took the form of a "joint resolution," which is procedurally no different from a bill in the Senate.

Vote results below. Other recent posts: Floor Fight Analysis: Will President Obama's American Jobs Act Pass?

Here are the vote results on the bill: 45 yeas, 52 nays

Senators not voting:
Jay Rockefeller (D - West Virginia)
Marco Rubio (R- Florida)
Jim Webb (D - Virginia)

Democrats voting to move the resolution forward:
Ben Nelson (Nebraska)

Republicans voting to move the resolution forward:
Lamar Alexander (R- Tennessee)
Kelly Ayotte (R- New Hampshire)
John Barrasso (R- Wyoming)
Roy Blunt (R- Missouri)
John Boozman (R- Arkansas)
Richard Burr (R- North Carolina)
Saxby Chambliss (R- Georgia)
Dan Coats (R- Indiana)
Tom Coburn (R- Oklahoma)
Thad Cochran (R- Mississippi)
Susan Collins (R- Maine)
John Cornyn (R- Texas)
Mike Crapo (R- Idaho)
Jim DeMint (R- South Carolina)
Mike Enzi (R- Wyoming)
Lindsey Graham (R- South Carolina)
Chuck Grassley (R- Iowa)
Orrin Hatch (R- Utah)
Dean Heller (R- Nevada)
John Hoeven (R- North Dakota)
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R- Texas)
Jim Inhofe (R- Oklahoma)
Johnny Isakson (R- Georgia)
Mike Johanns (R- Nebraska)
Ron Johnson (R- Wisconsin)
Mark Kirk (R- Illinois)
Jon Kyl (R- Arizona)
Mike Lee (R- Utah)
Richard Lugar (R- Indiana)
John McCain (R- Arizona)
Mitch McConnell (R- Kentucky)
Jerry Moran (R- Kansas)
Lisa Murkowski (R- Alaska)
Rand Paul (R- Kentucky)
Rob Portman (R- Ohio)
Jim Risch (R- Idaho)
Pat Roberts (R- Kansas)
Jeff Sessions (R- Alabama)
Richard Shelby (R- Alabama)
Olympia Snowe (R- Maine)
John Thune (R- South Dakota)
Pat Toomey (R- Pennsylvania)
David Vitter (R- Louisiana)
Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi)

Republicans Voting Against:
Bob Corker (Tennessee)
Scott Brown (Massachusetts)

Democrats Voting Against:
Daniel Akaka (D- Hawaii)
Max Baucus (D- Montana)
Mark Begich (D- Alaska)
Michael Bennet (D- Colorado)
Jeff Bingaman (D- New Mexico)
Richard Blumenthal (D- Connecticut)
Barbara Boxer (D- California)
Sherrod Brown (D- Ohio)
Maria Cantwell (D- Washington)
Benjamin Cardin (D- Maryland)
Tom Carper (D- Delaware)
Bob Casey (D- Pennsylvania)
Kent Conrad (D- North Dakota)
Chris Coons (D- Delaware)
Dick Durbin (D- Illinois)
Dianne Feinstein (D- California)
Al Franken (D- Minnesota)
Kirsten Gillibrand (D- New York)
Kay Hagan (D- North Carolina)
Tom Harkin (D- Iowa)
Daniel Inouye (D- Hawaii)
Tim Johnson (D- South Dakota)
John Kerry (D- Massachusetts)
Amy Klobuchar (D- Minnesota)
Herb Kohl (D- Wisconsin)
Mary Landrieu (D- Louisiana)
Frank Lautenberg (D- New Jersey)
Patrick Leahy (D- Vermont)
Carl Levin (D- Michigan)
Joe Lieberman (ID - Connecticut)
Joe Manchin (D- West Virginia)
Claire McCaskill (D- Missouri)
Bob Menendez (D- New Jersey)
Jeff Merkley (D- Oregon)
Barbara Mikulski (D- Maryland)
Patty Murray (D- Washington)
Bill Nelson (D- Florida)
Mark Pryor (D- Arkansas)
Jack Reed (D- Rhode Island)
Harry Reid (D- Nevada)
Bernie Sanders (I- Vermont)
Chuck Schumer (D- New York)
Jeanne Shaheen (D- New Hampshire)
Debbie Stabenow (D- Michigan)
Jon Tester (D- Montana)
Mark Udall (D- Colorado)
Tom Udall (D- New Mexico)
Mark Warner (D- Virginia)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D- Rhode Island)
Ron Wyden (D- Oregon)