Hall of rethug shame on the - NO - to debating the escalation vote. Complete Roll Call here:

[RiverStone]

America's memory of all those who could not give a damn about the Will Of The People will last long beyond this vote!

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Here is a complete list of the vote with the following caveats:


Honorable mention to Collins (ME) and Colman (MN) for joining the DEMS! :applause:

Dishonorable mention to Landrieu (LA) who was missing in action??? :thumbsdown: :spank:


Tim Johnson is still recovering and understandably missed the vote.

Harry Reid changed his vote to NAY in a strictly procedural matter which allows him to initiate another vote at his discretion. Anybody want to elaborate on this? :shrug:

Grouped By Vote Position YEAs ---49

Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lincoln (D-AR)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)





NAYs ---47

Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Reid (D-NV)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

Not Voting - 4

Johnson (D-SD)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00044

[Olney Blue]

1. Pay attention, Americans. These people do NOT support the troops.

[MadMaddie]

2. Lieberwhore right in the middle of the Rethugs....rat bastard.

[RiverStone]

4. And he will sink with the rest of the rethugs...

As the American people come to realize they don't give a shit about the will of We The People.

Can't wait for the majority we will enjoy in 08! What idiots - they are following Shrub of a cliff!

[bdamomma]

6. what a kiss up Lieberman is, he had all the same talking points

as his sick repig cronies.

[Erika]

3. I've contacted my GOP Senators

Accusing them of still rubber stamping W and his wrongful ideas and trying to sweep Iraq under the rug.

[pinto]

5. Just as you say. Reid's Nay vote was a procedural maneuver that allows him to bring this back up.

A good move, imo. Personally, I'd like him to come back with a stronger legislative statement and put the (R)'s on record about the escalation. We'll see. I'm assuming he didn't make the move without a plan for a follow up.

[RiverStone]

7. Procedural question

Thanks Pinto! :) At the risk of sounding like I'm in U.S. Government 101, do you know why Harry needed to vote Nay so he could bring it back up? If he voted in favor, why would he not be able to bring it (back) up??? :shrug:

[ellenfl]

8. i was hoping there was a reason for his 'no' vote. he voted last. eom

[pinto]

10. Cloture is a motion to stop debate and come to a vote on a bill, or in this case,

a resolution. 60 votes (super majority) are needed to "invoke" cloture. In this case, the motion to invoke cloture failed, leaving Senate Resolution 470 without that famous "up or down" vote Republicans were wont to trumpet a few short months ago. (The Resolution would've passed once it came to a vote.)

Majority member Reid voted last, for the minority, specifically to retain the option to reintroduce cloture at a later date and move the Resolution to a vote.

(asides) Cloture was enacted in response to endless filibustering to avoid a vote. It was originally set at 2/3 of the Senate, but those 67 votes weren't ever possible to achieve, so a Democratic Congress holding >60 votes, changed the rule to a 60 vote super majority. Notable instances for the need for cloture were ratification of the Treaty of Versailles and Civil Rights legislation.

From what I understand this right to reintroduce was a procedural compromise set in place when the 60 vote cloture rule was enacted.

This rule pertains to the Senate only, not the House.

I may be unclear on some of the specifics, but this is my take on the maneuver.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00044

http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/cloture.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloture

[chknltl]

9. Gak!!! Norm Coleman, (R Mn.) voted for???

Well soon enough Al Frankin will have his job, no breaking of ranks can change that...

[NastyRiffraff]

11. Warner & Hagel both voted NO?

Um...what was all that passionate speechifying about, particularly on Hagel's part?