Cloture Ranking List
Last Name	First Name	State	Party	Yeas	Cloture	Percent	Rank
Franken	Al	Minnesota	Democratic	33	34	97%	1
Hagan	Kay	North Carolina	Democratic	33	34	97%	1
Manchin	Joe	West Virginia	Democratic	33	34	97%	1
Bennet	Michael	Colorado	Democratic	32	34	94%	2
Carper	Thomas	Delaware	Democratic	32	34	94%	2
Coons	Christopher	Delaware	Democratic	32	34	94%	2
Feinstein	Dianne	California	Democratic	32	34	94%	2
Gillibrand	Kirsten	New York	Democratic	32	34	94%	2
Klobuchar	Amy	Minnesota	Democratic	32	34	94%	2
Kohl	Herbert	Wisconsin	Democratic	32	34	94%	2
Lautenberg	Frank	New Jersey	Democratic	32	34	94%	2
Levin	Carl	Michigan	Democratic	32	34	94%	2
Menendez	Robert	New Jersey	Democratic	32	34	94%	2
Nelson	Bill	Florida	Democratic	32	34	94%	2
Reed	Jack	Rhode Island	Democratic	32	34	94%	2
Warner	Mark	Virginia	Democratic	32	34	94%	2
Bingaman	Jeff	New Mexico	Democratic	31	34	91%	3
Blumenthal	Richard	Connecticut	Democratic	31	34	91%	3
Boxer	Barbara	California	Democratic	31	34	91%	3
Cardin	Benjamin	Maryland	Democratic	31	34	91%	3
Casey	Robert	Pennsylvania	Democratic	31	34	91%	3
Conrad	Kent	North Dakota	Democratic	31	34	91%	3
Durbin	Richard	Illinois	Democratic	31	34	91%	3
Johnson	Tim	South Dakota	Democratic	31	34	91%	3
Lieberman	Joseph	Connecticut	Independent	31	34	91%	3
Schumer	Charles	New York	Democratic	31	34	91%	3
Shaheen	Jeanne	New Hampshire	Democratic	31	34	91%	3
Udall	Tom	New Mexico	Democratic	31	34	91%	3
Udall	Mark	Colorado	Democratic	31	34	91%	3
Whitehouse	Sheldon	Rhode Island	Democratic	31	34	91%	3
Akaka	Daniel	Hawaii	Democratic	30	34	88%	4
Begich	Mark	Alaska	Democratic	30	34	88%	4
Brown	Sherrod	Ohio	Democratic	30	34	88%	4
Harkin	Tom	Iowa	Democratic	30	34	88%	4
Inouye	Daniel	Hawaii	Democratic	30	34	88%	4
Kerry	John	Massachusetts	Democratic	30	34	88%	4
Landrieu	Mary	Louisiana	Democratic	30	34	88%	4
Mikulski	Barbara	Maryland	Democratic	30	34	88%	4
Murray	Patty	Washington	Democratic	30	34	88%	4
Stabenow	Debbie	Michigan	Democratic	30	34	88%	4
Tester	Jon	Montana	Democratic	30	34	88%	4
Webb	James	Virginia	Democratic	30	34	88%	4
Leahy	Patrick	Vermont	Democratic	29	34	85%	5
Pryor	Mark	Arkansas	Democratic	29	34	85%	5
Rockefeller	Jay	West Virginia	Democratic	29	34	85%	5
Cantwell	Maria	Washington	Democratic	28	34	82%	6
McCaskill	Claire	Missouri	Democratic	28	34	82%	6
Reid	Harry	Nevada	Democratic	28	34	82%	6
Baucus	Max	Montana	Democratic	27	34	79%	7
Merkley	Jeff	Oregon	Democratic	27	34	79%	7
Wyden	Ron	Oregon	Democratic	27	34	79%	7
Sanders	Bernard	Vermont	Independent	26	34	76%	8
Nelson	Ben	Nebraska	Democratic	25	34	74%	9
Brown	Scott	Massachusetts	Republican	25	34	74%	9
Collins	Susan	Maine	Republican	24	34	71%	10
Snowe	Olympia	Maine	Republican	23	34	68%	11
Alexander	Lamar	Tennessee	Republican	18	34	53%	12
Hoeven	John	North Dakota	Republican	18	34	53%	12
Graham	Lindsey	South Carolina	Republican	17	34	50%	13
Hutchison	Kay	Texas	Republican	17	34	50%	13
Isakson	Johnny	Georgia	Republican	17	34	50%	13
Lugar	Richard	Indiana	Republican	17	34	50%	13
McConnell	Mitch	Kentucky	Republican	17	34	50%	13
Murkowski	Lisa	Alaska	Republican	17	34	50%	13
Thune	John	South Dakota	Republican	17	34	50%	13
Chambliss	Saxby	Georgia	Republican	16	34	47%	14
Coats	Dan	Indiana	Republican	16	34	47%	14
Cochran	Thad	Mississippi	Republican	16	34	47%	14
Portman	Robert	Ohio	Republican	16	34	47%	14
Shelby	Richard	Alabama	Republican	16	34	47%	14
Ayotte	Kelly	New Hampshire	Republican	15	34	44%	15
Barrasso	John	Wyoming	Republican	15	34	44%	15
Blunt	Roy	Missouri	Republican	15	34	44%	15
Boozman	John	Arkansas	Republican	15	34	44%	15
Enzi	Micheal	Wyoming	Republican	15	34	44%	15
Johanns	Mike	Nebraska	Republican	15	34	44%	15
Kirk	Mark	Illinois	Republican	15	34	44%	15
Kyl	Jon	Arizona	Republican	15	34	44%	15
McCain	John	Arizona	Republican	15	34	44%	15
Moran	Jerry	Kansas	Republican	15	34	44%	15
Burr	Richard	North Carolina	Republican	14	34	41%	16
Grassley	Charles	Iowa	Republican	14	34	41%	16
Roberts	Pat	Kansas	Republican	14	34	41%	16
Wicker	Roger	Mississippi	Republican	14	34	41%	16
Sessions	Jeff	Alabama	Republican	13	34	38%	17
Toomey	Pat	Pennsylvania	Republican	13	34	38%	17
Corker	Bob	Tennessee	Republican	12	34	35%	17
Cornyn	John	Texas	Republican	12	34	35%	17
Hatch	Orrin	Utah	Republican	12	34	35%	17
Inhofe	James	Oklahoma	Republican	12	34	35%	17
Heller	Dean	Nevada	Republican	10	29	34%	18
Crapo	Mike	Idaho	Republican	10	34	29%	19
Vitter	David	Louisiana	Republican	10	34	29%	19
Coburn	Tom	Oklahoma	Republican	9	34	26%	20
Johnson	Ron	Wisconsin	Republican	9	34	26%	20
Risch	Jim	Idaho	Republican	8	34	24%	21
Rubio	Marco	Florida	Republican	7	34	21%	22
DeMint	Jim	South Carolina	Republican	5	34	15%	23
Lee	Mike	Utah	Republican	4	34	12%	24
Paul	Rand	Kentucky	Republican	3	34	9%	25

To qualify for a Cloture Ranking or any SenateReports.com ranking a Senator must have voted on at least 50% of the 235 roll call votes during the ranking session of the 112th 1st Congress. The following Senator did not qualify for a SenateReports.com ranking.

Last Name	First Name	State	Party	Senate Votes
Ensign	John	Nevada	Republican	63

John Eric Ensign (born March 25, 1958) is the former United States Senator from Nevada, serving from January 2001 until he resigned amid an investigation of an ethics violation in May 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party and the former chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee. Senator Dean Heller was appointed by the Nevada State Governor to fill the vacant Senate position until the 2012 elections.

Majority Leader Harry Reid Democrat, Nevada
Senator Reid in ranked 6th (82%) on the Cloture Rankings List, he managed to get 29 of his 53 Democrats to vote on cloture 90% of the time or above in 2011. In 2010 54 of 59 Democratic Senators voted on cloture 90% of the time or greater in support of his Democratic Leadership. Democratic Senator Ben Nelson and Republican Senator Scott Brown are tied with a 9th ranking of 74%. Senator Brown is the top Republican Senator voting with the Democratic Leadership on 'Cloture'. Republican Senator Susan Collins is ranked at 10th (71%) while her fellow Maine Seantor Olympia Snowe is at 68% ranked 11th.  There are 5 Republican Senators voting over 50% of the time with the Democratic Leadership on Cloture.  At times having Republican Senators voting over 50% on cloture votes is like having extra Democrats supporting Senator Harry Reid's Democratic leadership, legislation and agenda.

Senator Harry Reid’s leadership is responsible for 25 of 43 (58%) successful pieces of Democratic Party legislation, of which 4 Bills were passed and 8 Progressive Judges confirmed without the support of the Republican majority of votes.

Assistant Majority Leader (Democratic Whip) Richard Durbin, Illinois is mainly responible for assisting the Majority Leader in his duties to carry out the legislation program of the Senate. Senator Durbin's leadership position has made him one of the most influential progressive democrats in the Senate. Senator Durbin is tied with 14 other Democratic Senators at 3rd (91%) place on the Cloture Ranking List this year, last year he was tied for 3rd place with 14 other Democrats with 96% and in 2009 he had a 97% Cloture Ranking Percentage.  Ever since the Democrats took control of the Senate in 2007 Senator Durbin's Cloture Percent has never lower than 92%. When the Republicans controlled the Senate between 2005 -2006 Senator Durbin maintained Cloture Percentages of 35% and 51% in support of the Republican leadership in the Senate. 

Senator Durbin has been an outstanding progressive democrat since 2005 as the 'Progressive Voting Percentage' table demonstrates. Since 2005 Senator Durbin has only voted for 6 of 491 (1%) pieces of Conservative Legislation, legislation that had no support from the Democratic majority of rollcall votes.

Progressive Voting Percentage
LastName	Year	Percent
Durbin	2005	98%
Obama	2005	97%
Lieberman	2005	88%
Durbin	2006	100%
Obama	2006	100%
Lieberman	2006	91%
Durbin	2007	98%
Lieberman	2007	79%
Durbin	2008	100%
Lieberman	2008	75%
Durbin	2009	100%
Lieberman	2009	91%
Durbin	2010	99%
Lieberman	2010	87%
Durbin	2011	96%
Lieberman	2011	63%

To most progressive and very liberal democrats Senator Joseph Lieberman has been a thorn in the Democratic Party ever since he ran as an 'Independent' and supported John McCain for President in 2008. These stout ideologues refuse to review Senator Lieberman's overall voting record since 2005 objectively, instead they judge him soley on one or two issues. Political dogma most of the time can't stand up to common sense or logic.

Since 2005 Senator Lieberman has voted with the Democratic Party Majority 84% of the time, the Democratic Party Majority's Party Percent Average over seven years has been 88%. IRAQ has been one of the key issues where Senator Lieberman has been at odds with the Democratic Party Leadership, Lieberman has voted 38 of 55 (69%) times against his Party's Majority since 2005 on key legislation concerning IRAQ.

Senator Lieberman has voted with Progressive roll call votes 74% of the time since 2005, not even close to hard core progressives like Senators Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Richard Durbin, Al Franken, Kirsten Gillibrand, Charles Schumer, and democratic socialist Bernard Sanders that have progressive ranking percentages in the high 90's. 

 

 

The last three years at least 48 Democrats have had Progessive Ranking Percentages at or above 90%, Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid from Nevada has a 87% Progressive Ranking Percentage, averaged over 7 years since 2005. Senator Reid's worst year voting with Progressive roll call votes determined by the Democratic Majority was in 2008 when he voted 75% of the time on key progressive roll call votes, the same year Senator Lieberman voted 75%.  But when 38 of 57 Democratic Senators are voting with their Party's Majority 90% of the time or greater, Senator's Lieberman's 83% Party Percent Average makes him look more like a moderate democrat than a progressive. This is the last year of Senator Lieberman's fourth and final term in the Senate.

In 2009 there were 11 Bills passed by the Democratic Majority that did not have any Republican majority of votes or support. Since 2009 there have been 25 of 58 (43%) Bills signed into law by President H. Obama that did not have any Republican majority support, a record number of partisan Bills since 2005 but still counting. From 2005 to 2008 under GWB 21 of 49 (43%) Bills were passed without any Democratic majority support.

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Republican, Kentucky 
Due to the lack of Republican partisan support and very little Democratic support Senator McConnell only managed to get 8 of 69 (12%) successful pieces of legislation thru the Democratic controlled Senate this year, that's half of last year's stats. Worse Senator McConnell has only been able to one Republican sponsored Bill passed thru the Democratic controlled Senate without the support of the Democratic majority of votes, H.R.3078 the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act sponsored by House Republican Eric Cantor. H.R.3078 has been the only Bill President Obama has signed into Law the Democratic Majority in the Senate had refused to support. Senator McConnell has sponsored 15 pieces of legislation since 2005, 8 were approved and 2 were signed into public law by George W. Bush S.3930 the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and S.1927 the Protect America Act of 2007. Under the Democrat controlled Senate Senator McConnell has only 5 pieces of sponsored legislation, only one has been approved S.Amdt.1136; an Amendment to limit the release of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pending a report on the prisoner population at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. By Contrast Senator Harry Reid had 5 of 15 pieces of sponsored legislation while President George W. Bush was in office, he had 10 pieces of sponsored legislation that made it to the floor of the Senate, 7 were approved, and none were signed into pubic law while President Obama has been in the White House. But one piece S.Res.159; a resolution honoring the members of the military and intelligence community who carried out the mission that killed Osama bin Laden is note worthy.

Senator McConnell is voting 17 of 34 (50%) on cloture votes with the Democratic leadership and is ranked number 13th in support of the Democratic leadership, 12 of his fellow Republican Senators have been voting with that leadership 50% of the time or greater last yearin 2011. Not something to brag about...for sure...but the winner and defender of the Constitution is no doubt Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky who voted only 3 of 34 (9%) times with the Democratic leadership on cloture roll call votes and is ranked at the bottom of the Cloture Ranking List with a 25 ranking.