It’s down party lines. Most Republicans voted NAY to end debate and so killed the bill. Only the usual handful of RINOS, Hagel,Graham,Specter,Lugar,Voinvich voted to end debate. Republicans who killed this bill deserve a thank you note.
If this bill would have passed then Michael Weiner ("Mike Savage") and the liberal media would have blamed Republicans even though only it was only the usual handful of Rinos that supported bringing this bill to a vote and were on the wrong side. This has been the case when bad bills passed or good bills failed. The few RINO, liberal, “Republican” moles provide cover for the Democrats so any spending increase,Amnesty or tax raise is always BIPARTISAN (the fault of the GOP) even when most Republicans vote differently than most Democrats.
Grouped By Vote Position YEAs ---45 (Mostly Democrats who voted to bring bill for a vote and thus keep bill alive and likely to pass ): Akaka (D-HI) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Brown (D-OH) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Clinton (D-NY) Conrad (D-ND) Dodd (D-CT) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Graham (R-SC) Hagel (R-NE) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL) McCain (R-AZ) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Obama (D-IL) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Salazar (D-CO) Schumer (D-NY) Specter (R-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Voinovich (R-OH) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR)
NAYs ---50 (Mostly Republicans who voted to KILL the bill): Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Baucus (D-MT) Bennett (R-UT) Bingaman (D-NM) Bond (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Byrd (D-WV) Chambliss (R-GA) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Dorgan (D-ND) Ensign (R-NV) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lott (R-MS) McCaskill (D-MO) McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Pryor (D-AR) Roberts (R-KS) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Warner (R-VA) Webb (D-VA) Not Voting - 4 Brownback (R-KS) Coburn (R-OK) Enzi (R-WY) Johnson (D-SD)
These are astounding figures. GWB had the ultimate support of only a half dozen of his party members in the Senate. I bet he is really angry tonight.