Brownback Votes Against Senate Immigration Bill

Sam Brownback for President Web Site ^ | 06/28/07 | Sam Brownbacks soon-to-be-out-of-work press release writer

[Recovering_Democrat]

Brownback Votes Against Senate Immigration Bill - U.S. Senator Sam Brownback today voted against the Senate immigration bill. "I voted against the Senate immigration bill because I am not convinced it would fix our broken immigration system and it would most likely repeat the mistakes of the 1986 reform," said Brownback. The immigration bill failed earlier today on a 46-53 procedural vote that required 60 votes for the bill to advance to a final vote.

[Ingtar]

During the actual vote this morning, Brownback voted “Yes” on cloture, then switched his vote to “No” after it got more than 41 votes.

I thought he witheld his vote (not voted "yes") and then voted "no" when it had been defeated. Not any discernable difference, but I like to know the truth.

[skinkinthegrass]

..he is just another as he switched his vote at the last minute to try to look good......

WHOA! What an insult to weasels.....and let's NOT use Snakes,lizards...or any other reptiles. :)

[PhiKapMom]

Voted for it before voting against it! Has he been to MA recently to drink the Kerry water?

[The Blitherer]

I thought he witheld his vote (not voted "yes") and then voted "no" when it had been defeated. Not any discernable difference, but I like to know the truth.

I believe he actually voted "Yes" at first, but perhaps a FReeper who watched the vote can verify that for sure?

[KC Burke]

I like that handle that someone up above came up with:

SENATOR SWITCHBACK

It kind of has a ring to it, doesn't it. I can see the bumper stickers now.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

"I voted against the Senate immigration bill because I am not convinced it would fix our broken immigration system and it would most likely repeat the mistakes of the 1986 reform," said Brownback.

So he figured this out fifteen minutes after he cast his "AYE" vote, just seconds before voting ended????

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

View here:

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/28/the-amnesty-cloture-vote-in-order/

[pgyanke]

I watched the live thread. They called a “yes” vote from Switchback early in the voting and then noted his change later. Going by real-time updates, I’d say he switched his vote to go with the flow...

[Ingtar]

Thank you. As I said, it did not make a difference if he held his vote or switched it. I simply wanted to be accurate.

[pgyanke]

In my mind, it does make a difference. Withholding his vote may simply be called a delayed reaction... changing his vote is pandering and there’s no way to spin it otherwise.

[Malesherbes]

Brownback voted yes at the beginning of the rollcall today and then 11 minutes later - when it was clear that amnesty was going to fail - he changed his vote to no.