[nocommies]

your whole post is my sentiment exactly. i love jesse, a good old american, proud of it, and refreshingly unapologetic about it.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Nothing like a guy who whisles Dixie in an elevator with Carol Mosley Braun.

[Republican Wildcat]

Here's the vote on the Dodd Amendment. Perhaps a bit more telling as to where the Senators really stand.

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(Rollcall Vote No. 358 Leg. )

December 7, 2001   5:37PM


BILL NO.: H.R.3338
AMENDMENT NO.: S.Amdt. 2337

TITLE: Dodd Amdt. No. 2337

REQUIRED FOR MAJORITY: 1/2
RESULT: Amendment Rejected


                              YEAS --- 48
  Akaka                   Dayton                  Levin
  Baucus                  Dodd                    Lieberman
  Bayh                    Dorgan                  Mikulski
  Biden                   Durbin                  Murray
  Bingaman                Edwards                 Nelson (FL)
  Boxer                   Feingold                Reed
  Breaux                  Feinstein               Reid
  Byrd                    Graham                  Rockefeller
  Cantwell                Harkin                  Sarbanes
  Carnahan                Inouye                  Schumer
  Carper                  Johnson                 Specter
  Chafee                  Kennedy                 Stabenow
  Clinton                 Kerry                   Torricelli
  Conrad                  Kohl                    Voinovich
  Corzine                 Landrieu                Wellstone
  Daschle                 Leahy                   Wyden

                              NAYS --- 51
  Allard                  Fitzgerald              McConnell
  Allen                   Frist                   Miller
  Bennett                 Gramm                   Murkowski
  Bond                    Grassley                Nelson (NE)
  Brownback               Gregg                   Nickles
  Bunning                 Hagel                   Roberts
  Burns                   Hatch                   Santorum
  Campbell                Helms                   Sessions
  Cleland                 Hollings                Shelby
  Cochran                 Hutchinson              Smith (NH)
  Collins                 Hutchison               Smith (OR)
  Craig                   Inhofe                  Snowe
  Crapo                   Kyl                     Stevens
  DeWine                  Lincoln                 Thomas
  Domenici                Lott                    Thompson
  Ensign                  Lugar                   Thurmond
  Enzi                    McCain                  Warner

                            NOT VOTING --- 1
  Jeffords


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