[patriciaruth]

Does this mean we have a shot at getting the energy bill passed and getting Supreme Court Justices passed?

How about Social Security reform and Immigration reform?

Any other gun control bills due to Sunset?

What other issues might we deal with with these people?

[ECM]

Abolition of the IRS?

(hey, I like to think big)

[IStillBelieve]

How about eliminating the deficit and cutting the federal budget by at least 10%?

[Jim Noble]

FOUR MORE SCALIAS!

FOUR MORE SCALIAS!

FOUR MORE SCALIAS!

[Pistolshot]

Byrd (D-WV) Latenberg (D-NJ)

Two examples of the walking dead.

[Non-Sequitur]

Subtract Collins, Snowe, Chaffee, and Specter. Massachusetts elects replacement senators, the governor doesn't replace them. West Virginia and New Jersey both have Democrats as governors.

[mabelkitty]

Here's the deal.
Rush said losing Daschle is like losing 3 seats for the Dems. Don't know whay, but okay....
Congress will have to get behind the President because he has the American people behind him.
First time anybody in the Senate acts up, Bush will go public and there will be backlash Big Time.
We won't have to worry about the Senate any more. We are also free to go nuclear and have Cheney force things to the floor.

[OldFriend]

Count on McCain to join the dems in voting against the president.

[ken5050]

Right now it's about getting 5 dems to invoke cloture..NOT to pass the judicial nomination, but to allwo them to come to the floor for a vote.. In one sense, it's an easy vote, the Senate shoudl be allowed to work its will. OTOH, it's the hardest vote for Dems, because it's the issue that drives their hard core idelogical base, the NARAL crowd..

The GOP needs to get 5 more votes...I think that Nelson and Bayh will go along, Tim Johnson also, for he can read the handwriting on the wall. What Frist has to do is get MORE than 5 Dems, so that no one or two of them will have to catch NARAL's wrath..The two Arkansas senators will also go along...Landrieu won't..she's too hard core..but we'll take her out in 4 yeras. Lieberman will go along..Frist must be a very happy camper this morning..

[Susannah]

While considering potential conservative judges, keep in mind:

Senate votes on the Marriage Amendment:

(Grouped By Vote Position)
YEAs ---48
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Byrd (D-WV)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Fitzgerald (R-IL)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
McConnell (R-KY)
Miller (D-GA)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-NE)
Nickles (R-OK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

NAYs ---50
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Breaux (D-LA)
Campbell (R-CO)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Clinton (D-NY)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Daschle (D-SD)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (D-FL)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hollings (D-SC)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
McCain (R-AZ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Sununu (R-NH)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 2
Edwards (D-NC)
Kerry (D-MA)

House of Representatives votes:
voting record which identifies Republicans versus Democrats by text-type:

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2004/roll484.xml

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And here are the Senate votes on the Ban on Partial-Birth Abortion:

YEAs ---64
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Breaux (D-LA)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Byrd (D-WV)
Campbell (R-CO)
Carper (D-DE)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Conrad (D-ND)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
Daschle (D-SD)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Fitzgerald (R-IL)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hollings (D-SC)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Miller (D-GA)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-NE)
Nickles (R-OK)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reid (D-NV)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

NAYs ---33
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Chafee (R-RI)
Clinton (D-NY)
Collins (R-ME)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (D-FL)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Reed (D-RI)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 3
Biden (D-DE)
Edwards (D-NC)
Kerry (D-MA)