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[The Dowager Mod]

The amendment just failed 66-34.

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Worthless Feinstein voted yes.

[Ebowed]

The amendment just failed 66-34.

Wow, close one.  Anyone have a link to which senators voted Yea/Nay?

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

The amendment just failed 66-34.

Wow, close one.  Anyone have a link to which senators voted Yea/Nay?

It will eventually be here.

http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00189

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

There was also a related vote on something from Senator Durbin that failed.

[© tweed]

[True Democrat]

Both Senators in Favor
Both Senators Opposed
Senators Split

[True Democrat]

Bennett and McConnell are very surprising.

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Party line breakers:

Republicans voting no:
Bennett (R-UT)
Chafee (R-RI)
McConnell (R-KY)

Democrats voting yes:
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Dayton (D-MN)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Stabenow (D-MI)

[The Dowager Mod]

I was surprised by Feinstein too.

[Colin]

Bennett and McConnell are very surprising.

I had to look twice at those two. Didn't strike me as Senators who would be swayed for civil liberty or free speech reasons to vote in the negation.

[© tweed]

It makes me happy that Hillary voted no.  Menendez is a major disappointment, however.

[Q]

Harry Reid's turned out to be a pretty crappy leader, I'm starting to realize.

[adam]

Meh. At least the debate is over with, that's the main thing.

[jokerman]

Pryor voted Nay   Another reason why he's my favorite Senator

[Nym90]

Too bad Stabenow voted yes. I can forgive her though since it didn't pass and it probably helps a little in her reelection campaign.

Glad to see this failed; the first amendment continues to remain intact, never yet modified, as it should be.

[YRABNNRM]

For once I'm actually happy with something my senators have done.

[Q]

Too bad Stabenow voted yes. I can forgive her though since it didn't pass and it probably helps a little in her reelection campaign.

Stabenow: politics > principle

[CPT MikeyMike]

I can't believe Lieberman, McConnell and Bennett voted no.

My respect for them has fallen - BIG TIME.

[Alcon]

Good.  Now, hopefully we can move on to issues relevant to anything.

[Q]

Now, hopefully we can move on to issues relevant to anything.

Hahaha.  Good one, Alcon!

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Mitch McConnell is damn close to being my favorite senator.  God Bless Bennett and Chafee too.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

And both the Freepers and DUers are happy now. Think about it, opposition to this is actually something they can agree on.

I'm disappointed in Dayton, but he's leaving anyway. Hopefully Klobuchar is better.

[Nym90]

And both the Freepers and DUers are happy now. Think about it, opposition to this is actually something they can agree on.

I'm disappointed in Dayton, but he's leaving anyway. Hopefully Klobuchar is better.

Free Republic opposed this amendment? That's good to know, though a bit surprising. Do they have a libertarian streak to them? I always thought they were pretty socially conservative and pro-"law and order".

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

To some extent yes. You'll often see a bunch of them against drug laws whenever that issue comes up.

The main reason why they generally oppose it though is because they correctly see it for what it is, meaningless wedge issue politics. Your typical thread on the amendment has them whining about how Congress can be so concerned with something so silly and unimportant instead of focusing on issues like abortion, immigration, stabalizing Iraq, etc.