7 Republicans voted Yes - vote fails 56-34

[LSK]

Hagel
Coleman
Smith
Snowe
Specter
Warner
Collins

Edit: This vote is on cloture motion for H. Con. Res 63: Disapproving of the decision of the President announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq.

[Richardo]

1. Any Dems or Inds (Im looking at you, Joe) vote no?

[LSK]

2. Joementum

[fooj]

4. He was ACTUALLY there? It's f*cking Saturday.

He doesn't work on Saturday because of the Sabbath. You mean to tell me that he didn't honor the Sabbath and voted NO, as well? Well, I'll be damned...

[tridim]

7. Saturday, Donny, is the Jewish day of rest.

I don't cook, I don't drive a car, I don't fucking ride in a car, I don't handle money, I don't turn the oven on, and I sure as shit DON'T FUCKING ROLL! Shomer Shabbos!

[Initech]

10. SHOMER SHABBOS!!!!!!

[John Q. Citizen]

3. Ten absent? Wow.

[Katherine Brengle]

12. McCain.

He decided to keep campaigning instead of voting. Politics as usual.

[tridim]

5. See what happens America when you vote for Republicans?

Lets not make the same mistake in 08.

[pstans]

6. Who didn't vote?

I know McCain skipped out to campaign in Iowa this weekend (while Biden flew to Iowa on Friday, back to DC Saturday morning, and then back to Iowa this afternoon for an event tonight).

[LSK]

8. all Dems except Johnson voted and voted Yes

ps: Lieberman is not a Dem

[pepperbear]

9. lieberman is not a dem, But he plays one on TV. n/t

[fooj]

14. BWAHAHAHAHA!

[Turbineguy]

18. Not voting

Ensign NV
Johnson SD
McCain AZ
Bennet UT
Cochran MS
Hatch UT
Kyl AZ
Murkowski AK
Bond MO
Corker TS

Mitch McConnell says no discussion without discussing funding, that's their reason for voting against.

[PassingFair]

26. Where the hell was Voinovich?

He was one puglican I thought would vote on our side....

[PassingFair]

27. Never mind. The skunk has a statement on his site.

Something about not being able to change the
resolution to Warner's resolution. He didn't
bother to vote with his buddies....

http://voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsCenter.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=cb871377-802a-23ad-413c-6c5b265638af

[Initech]

11. What vote was this? Was this the troop escalation vote?

[EstimatedProphet]

13. That's my question too

[pstans]

15. The vote was to end debate and have a real vote on escalation

[LSK]

16. yes, the one the House passed 246-182 yesterday

[goforit]

21. The House is showing the Senate that they are far superior in every way!

[salin]

25. It was the 'pre'-troop escalation vote

repubs have the vote under filibuster rule and needs a 'cloture' vote (requiring 60 votes) to end the filibuster and allow the vote on the resolution. This vote failed to bring cloture and thus prevents the vote on the resolution from happening (at this time.)

[AlCzervik]

17. Are they staying there all day?

[Turbineguy]

19. One of the things about this

is it moves us closer to impeachment as it becomes more of a solution.

[roguevalley]

20. well, murCOWski gets another email from me.

[ljm2002]

22. Well, looking on the bright side...

...it was pretty darned close to the 60 votes needed.

We need to keep pushing on it. Time to call and write our Senators and Representatives, keep the pressure on.

[LSK]

24. actually it was 2 away

Johnson is out and he is a Dem.

Reid had to vote no for procedural reasons as leader.

[hashibabba]

23. YAY Warner! He does occasionally do things right!