Dan Inouye and Dan Akaka voted with the majority, which included 16 Republicans.

Here is an excerpt from this report in The Hill:

The $969 billion bill funds agriculture, farm and nutrition programs over the next five years. 

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), one of the co-sponsors of the bill along with Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), praised the amended version just ahead of the vote. He also highlighted the legislation’s $23 billion in deficit reduction. 

“This is a good bill. Is it the best possible bill? No. It is the best bill possible,” Roberts said. “And we should move, and we should vote for it, and I urge you to vote for it.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he hoped the GOP-controlled House would pass the Senate farm bill quickly. 

UPDATE: Press release quote from Inouye:

For the first time, Native Hawaiians will be eligible to receive community facilities loans, loan guarantees and grants. It reauthorizes a section of the Housing Act of 1949 for rural areas within the City and County of Honolulu to receive rural housing loans and other agriculture assistance. Hawaii’s farmers and ranchers will continue to receive support from the federal government to help with the high transportation costs associated with bringing their goods to market. I am especially pleased that we were able to stop an amendment that would have ended the last vestiges of the sugar industry in Hawaii. I know sugar in Hawaii is not what it used to be but the plantations are continuing to supply a new industry, sustainable energy development. I voted in favor of this bill because I know what it means to the 16 million Americans who rely on a strong agricultural industry in order to make a life for themselves and their families. …

—Chad Blair