Roll call · S. 3628 · 2010
DISCLOSE Act (unmask dark money)
Would have forced disclosure of dark-money donors. A no vote protected anonymous corporate spending.
What happened
This was a procedural vote. Senators had to reach 60 of 100 to beat a filibuster and let it move forward. Only 57 agreed, 3 short, so it was blocked and went no further.
The tally
57 Yea · 41 Nay · 2 didn't vote. Officially recorded as “Cloture rejected 57-41.”
Did the no-shows matter?
John Ensign (R-NV), Joe Lieberman (I-CT) sat it out. It wouldn't have changed anything. Even if all 2 no-shows had voted Yea, 59 is still short of 60.
Party split
Yea: 56 Democrats, 1 Independent. Nay: 1 Democrat, 40 Republicans.
Crossed party lines
1 Democrat crossed over: Harry Reid (D-NV)
Voted Yea 57
- Daniel AkakaD-HI
- Max BaucusD-MT
- Evan BayhD-IN
- Mark BegichD-AK
- Michael BennetD-CO
- Jeff BingamanD-NM
- Barbara BoxerD-CA
- Sherrod BrownD-OH
- Roland BurrisD-IL
- Maria CantwellD-WA
- Benjamin CardinD-MD
- Thomas CarperD-DE
- Bob CaseyD-PA
- Kent ConradD-ND
- Christopher DoddD-CT
- Byron DorganD-ND
- Richard DurbinD-IL
- Russ FeingoldD-WI
- Dianne FeinsteinD-CA
- Al FrankenD-MN
- Kirsten GillibrandD-NY
- Carte GoodwinD-WV
- Kay HaganD-NC
- Tom HarkinD-IA
- Daniel InouyeD-HI
- Tim JohnsonD-SD
- Edward KaufmanD-DE
- John KerryD-MA
- Amy KlobucharD-MN
- Herb KohlD-WI
- Mary LandrieuD-LA
- Frank LautenbergD-NJ
- Patrick LeahyD-VT
- Carl LevinD-MI
- Blanche LincolnD-AR
- Claire McCaskillD-MO
- Robert MenendezD-NJ
- Jeff MerkleyD-OR
- Barbara MikulskiD-MD
- Patty MurrayD-WA
- Bill NelsonD-FL
- E. NelsonD-NE
- Mark PryorD-AR
- John ReedD-RI
- Jay RockefellerD-WV
- Bernard SandersI-VT
- Charles SchumerD-NY
- Jeanne ShaheenD-NH
- Arlen SpecterD-PA
- Debbie StabenowD-MI
- Jon TesterD-MT
- Mark UdallD-CO
- Tom UdallD-NM
- Mark WarnerD-VA
- James WebbD-VA
- Sheldon WhitehouseD-RI
- Ron WydenD-OR
Voted Nay 41
the money's side- Lamar AlexanderR-TN
- John BarrassoR-WY
- Robert BennettR-UT
- Christopher BondR-MO
- Scott BrownR-MA
- Samuel BrownbackR-KS
- Jim BunningR-KY
- Richard BurrR-NC
- Saxby ChamblissR-GA
- Tom CoburnR-OK
- Thad CochranR-MS
- Susan CollinsR-ME
- Bob CorkerR-TN
- John CornynR-TX
- Mike CrapoR-ID
- James DeMintR-SC
- Michael EnziR-WY
- Lindsey GrahamR-SC
- Charles GrassleyR-IA
- Judd GreggR-NH
- Orrin HatchR-UT
- Kay HutchisonR-TX
- Jim InhofeR-OK
- Johnny IsaksonR-GA
- Mike JohannsR-NE
- Jon KylR-AZ
- George LeMieuxR-FL
- Richard LugarR-IN
- John McCainR-AZ
- Mitch McConnellR-KY
- Lisa MurkowskiR-AK
- Harry ReidD-NV
- James RischR-ID
- Pat RobertsR-KS
- Jeff SessionsR-AL
- Richard ShelbyR-AL
- Olympia SnoweR-ME
- John ThuneR-SD
- David VitterR-LA
- George VoinovichR-OH
- Roger WickerR-MS
Who lobbied this bill
421 organizations reported lobbying on this bill in 2010. Among them, familiar names from the seven worst industries:
Source: Senate lobbying disclosures (LDA). Filings report spending across many bills at once, so there's no honest per-bill dollar figure. This is who reported working the bill, not how much they spent on it.
A gold dot marks the side that favored concentrated money on this vote. Senators in office today are clickable, so tap any name for their full record. Source: the official Senate roll call, linked above.