Thank you. Your post is one of the most informative that I have experienced in recent times. Collectively the Senators voting against the measure quoted facts; their statements made sense; they did not lambast the opposition; they did not try to put words in our mouths (thus kept my blood pressure down); they did not preach hate; in general they sounded like even-handed Statesmen, and the kind of Senators we deserve.
If only this weren't so unusual, and if only they weren't in the minority.
"If" is a big word, as my Mom always said.