If I am not mistaken, according to Senate rules a no-vote by the person who introduced the Amendment allows him to bring it up again at a later date.
That would explain Vitter, but not the rest.
Was McCain even back in D.C.?
Looks like a hit piece to me....
Mccain and Graham had a healthcare townhall in Charleston SC yesterday. Since neither voted, they were probably not back in time.
Defunding ACORN is a “with us or against us” issue.
Abstaining is WORSE than voting no. They are trying to have it both ways. I’m tired of the corruption, and tired of the corruption enablers.
The Republicans that couldn’t bring themselves to vote for this should be run out of the party on a rail.
They didn’t abstain or just vote present. They weren’t there to vote period. Big difference.
Hmmmm, I wonder where nowaykay hutchinson was. And to think she’s running for Tx governor.
Vitter is from Louisiana ACORN Headquarters. He is facing a tough election hence his behavior.
Kay Bailey Hutchison was down in Texas working on what she thinks will be her next gig - governor.
Shaheen of all people voted yea, gotta give her credit for that. Now if she only goes for an investigation into Acorn and it's affiliated organizations.
We'll see
looking at this list, should we be surpised?
They weren’t there to vote. Stop stirring up crap over nothing.
They were not there. McCain and Graham in SC.
Burr (R-NC)
Byrd (D-WV)
Coburn (R-OK)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hutchison (R-TX)
McCain (R-AZ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Why didn’t those nine vote? Were they on vacation? Family Obligations? Ill? Chicken? What?
They are entirely different things. Several of the Senators weren't even in DC. They can't vote if they aren't there.
In as much as this is a vanity, would you care to explain the false accusation in the headline?
Can’t NOT VOTING mean they just aren’t there?
I would guess that all of them would have been there if the vote hadn’t been announced with such short notice. They made a decision to be elsewhere before they knew about it and probably did not have time to fly back.