John Warner (R-VA)All Democrats and Sanders (I-VT), Lieberman (I-CT) voted in favor of ending debate on whether LGBT individuals should be included in hate crime legislation, which has been attached to the Defense Reauthorization Bill.
Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Susan Collins (R-ME)
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
George Voinovich (R-OH)
Arlen Specter (R-PA)
Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Gordon Smith (R-OR)
UPDATE 9:23pm PDT: I forgot to mention that after the cloture vote, the Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent so the hate crimes bill has now passed both houses of Congress, the first trans-inclusive piece of federal legislation to ever do so. Of course, the current occupant of the Whote House has already annnounced his intention to veto the bill, if it makes it to his desk.
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