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That 2007 vote is on a cloture motion, and IIRC, Reid presented a "take it or leave it" proposition. That approach will inevitably result in more NAY votes.

I followed the Senate pretty close for a year or two, and then got bored. Once you figure out it's largely a scripted charade, the thrill departs.

I take no joy from the inevitable collapse that the government has perpetrated, but IMO, it's a waste of time and energy to communicate or attempt to reason with it. Once a year, I go vote. If there is a candidate that I support, they get my vote.

That 2007 vote is on a cloture motion, and IIRC, Reid presented a "take it or leave it" proposition

Reid was losing throughout the debate in 2007, and then tried the so-called "Clay Pigeon" approach to getting it passed, and then that fell apart on him. The votes were not in the Senate to pass amnesty in 2007, and several Dims moved to the Nay side to deflect some of the heat from their home states.

How some of those Dims would vote in 2010 is a big question.