WATCH LIVE: Senate Votes 65-31 to Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

After this morning's historic vote to end debate on the stand-alone "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal bill, the Senate just voted 65-31 to pass the measure. The vote needed a simple majority. The bill should be on President Obama's desk for his signature next week.

Eight Republicans voted YES: Brown, Collins, Kirk, Murkowski, Snowe and Voinovich, who also voted for cloture, plus Burr (NC) and Ensign (NV).

The complete roll call is AFTER THE JUMP ...

 

Alphabetical by Senator's Last Name
Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Begich (D-AK), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Nay
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Bond (R-MO), Nay
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Yea
Brown (R-MA), Yea
Brownback (R-KS), Nay
Bunning (R-KY), Not Voting
Burr (R-NC), Yea
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Nay
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Coons (D-DE), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Ensign (R-NV), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Franken (D-MN), Yea
Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Nay
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Not Voting
Hagan (D-NC), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Not Voting
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Johanns (R-NE), Nay
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Kirk (R-IL), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
LeMieux (R-FL), Nay
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Nay
Manchin (D-WV), Not Voting
McCain (R-AZ), Nay
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Merkley (D-OR), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Risch (R-ID), Nay
Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (D-PA), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Udall (D-CO), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Yea
Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
Wicker (R-MS), Nay
Wyden (D-OR), Yea

Comments

[Montana]

This is the third strike for the Phony Conservatives that fought to keep out of the military; African Americans, Women and now Gays, what a "Bunch Of Phonies" some of them are gay too.

[FREELEO]

MERRY CHRISTMAS GAY MEN AND WOMEN! IT IS A GOOD DAY TO BE AN AMERICAN!

[Mel Smith]

President Obama, 4 more years!

[Cedric]

Now I wonder why did two more vote "yes"? A change of heart maybe. Right now it is good to be an American. So happy for this!

[ff]

long overdue but I'm very happy they got it done.

[terrell]

I was surprised to see Kirk, my new Senator from IL vote for it. Good job and Senator Brown who won Kennedy's seat. He said he was an independent thinker

[BH3000]

This is truly a wonderful victory. I am also glad that it happended legislatively versus an Executive Order, since Executive Orders cannot and do not trump legislation passed by Congress. No Executive Order will stand against a legislative mandate. For this reason, many Executive Orders cite authorization from specific acts of Congress rather than vague or perceived powers somehow granted to the Executive without explicitly saying so in the Constitution. Those Executive Orders that are not authorized through Congressional acts frequently contain some other purported justification such as the reference to "executive power" in Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution. Therefore, a legislative victory is the law and could only be changed by an act of Congress or by the Supreme Court who may deem the law unconstitutional, since Congress has the power to change the laws of the land. When a President signs an Executive Order, the President has the authority to make sure that this law is faithfully executed while they are in office. However, the Executive Order can be changed or removed by the next President. This was the best way to affirm its legality without being trumped by a law passed in Congress at a later date or to have an Executive Order repealed by a different administration.

[FREELEO]

It would have been lovely to have had your clear and concise reason as to, "Why doesn't Obama just do something?" a few months ago.

I'm just glad this whole long dark night of DADT is over. Now onto the next long dark night of marriage equality.