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The Senate Vote

Friday, February 4, 2005; Page A09

The Senate voted 60 to 36 to confirm Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general. Voting against confirmation were 35 Democrats and one independent. Three Democrats and one Republican did not vote.

Independent Against

Jeffords (Vt.).

Democrats Against

Lincoln (Ark.), Boxer (Calif.), Feinstein (Calif.), Dodd (Conn.), Biden (Del.) , Carper (Del.), Akaka (Hawaii), Durbin (Ill.), Obama (Ill.), Bayh (Ind.) , Harkin (Iowa), Mikulski (Md.), Sarbanes (Md.), Kennedy (Mass.), Kerry (Mass.), Levin (Mich.), Stabenow (Mich.), Dayton (Minn.), Reid (Nev.), Corzine (N.J.), Lautenberg (N.J.), Bingaman (N.M.), Clinton (N.Y.), Schumer (N.Y.), Dorgan (N.D.), Wyden (Ore.), Reed (R.I.), Johnson (S.D.), Leahy (Vt.), Cantwell (Wash.), Murray (Wash.), Byrd (W.Va.), Rockefeller (W.Va.), Feingold (Wis.), Kohl (Wis.).

Democrats For

Landrieu (La.), Lieberman (Conn.), Nelson (Neb.), Nelson (Fla.), Pryor (Ark.) and Salazar (Colo.).

Democrats Not Voting

Baucus (Mont.), Conrad (N.D.), Inouye (Hawaii).

Republican Not Voting

Burns (Mont.).


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