[campaignPete R-CT]

anal passage:

The eight Republicans who joined Democrats in passing the repeal were:
Sens. Scott Brown of Massachusetts
Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
Mark Kirk of Illinois
George Voinovich of Ohio
Richard Burr of North Carolina
John Ensign of Nevada
Susan Collins of Maine
Olympia Snowe of Maine.

Voinovich’s retiring, term runs out in Jan.
Richard Burr?
John Ensign?

bizarro.

[Impy]

Ensign and Burr voted against cloture

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00279

But then for the final bill

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00281

This was tacked on to some Department of Defense small business thing? Weird. Why does the DOD have a small business initiative?

The new Congress should have been sworn in already. Lame duck period is too long, every race has been certified, why wait. Should amend the constitution.

[ScottinVA]

Those 8 Republicans yesterday convinced me I no longer have a home in that party. Not only am I leaving the GOP, the GOP already has left me.

Screw ‘em. I’m done with that party.