DADT Senate Vote

The Senate voted 65-31 to repeal the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy today, a Clinton-era response to the Reagan Administration discharge of 17,000 troops for being gay.

Here’s the vote, 63 to 33, to proceed with debate on the bill. Once there is a report of the final vote (the two Republicans who, it seems, changed their vote), I will update this.

Final Vote

Voting yes:

• Fifty-seven members of the Senate Democratic caucus; Joe Manchin III (D-WV) was not present and did note vote.
• Eight cross-over Republicans:
  1. Brown (R-MA)
  2. Burr (R-NC) – did not vote for cloture
  3. Collins (R-ME)
  4. Ensign (R-NV) – did not vote for cloture
  5. Mark Kirk (R-IL)
  6. Murkowski (R-AK)
  7. Snowe (R-ME)
  8. Voinovich (R-OH)

Voting no:

1. Alexander (R-TN)
2. Barrasso (R-WY)
3. Bennett (R-UT)
4. Bond (R-MO)
5. Brownback (R-KS)
6. Chambliss (R-GA)
7. Coburn (R-OK)
8. Cochran (R-MS)
9. Corker (R-TN)
10. Cornyn (R-TX)
11. Crapo (R-ID)
12. DeMint (R-SC)
13. Enzi (R-WY)
14. Graham (R-SC)
15. Grassley (R-IA)
16. Hutchison (R-TX)
17. Inhofe (R-OK)
18. Isakson (R-GA)
19. Johanns (R-NE)
20. Kyl (R-AZ)
21. LeMieux (R-FL)
22. Lugar (R-IN)
23. McCain (R-AZ)
24. McConnell (R-KY)
25. Risch (R-ID)
26. Roberts (R-KS)
27. Sessions (R-AL)
28. Shelby (R-AL)
29. Thune (R-SD)
30. Vitter (R-LA)
31. Wicker (R-MS)

Three Republicans — Jim Bunning (KY), Judd Gregg (NH) and Orrin Hatch (UT) — were not present and did not vote.

Source: Washington Post and FOX