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Here: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00196
And regarding the 'cloture vote'...
All 54 members of the Democratic caucus voted to move forward with consideration of President Barack Obama's pick, along with six Republicans - New Hampshire's Kelly Ayotte, Maine's Susan Collins, South Carolina's Lindsey Graham, Illinois's Mark Kirk, Arizona's John McCain, and Alaska's Lisa Murkowski.
Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/31/senate-narrowly-confirms-atf-chief/
Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/31/senate-narrowly-confirms-atf-chief/
And also regarding the 'cloture vote'....
Murkowski (R-AK) changed her 'no' vote to a 'yes' so that there'd be 60 votes in order to have a final vote - see here Comment #6 here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014553659#post6
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