Ayotte,McConnell voted yes. Barbasso-yes
McCain and Sanders(!)—no;Wyden, Blumenthal, Markey, Klobuchar, no.Reed and Whitehouse-Dems—no.
Portman-no;Harkin, Boxer, Levin—no.Late Dems voting :no: becasue it is safe to do so.
Taking final votes.
Final tally:
Yes:56
No:40
Bill passes.
Only needed 51 votes to spend $1.1 trillion. Imagine that.
Motion to reconsider on the table. Roll being called.
If only six more Pubs voted no, the bill would not have passed.
Now they can go home and get some rest. They have served the American people well this evening. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We needed eight more “no” votes to stop the cromnibus bill. Here is why: There were only 96 votes cast. The number needed to prevail one way or the other was 50% + 1 of members present provided a quorum was present, which in this case would been 48 + 1, a quorum having been present. 56-48=8. We needed 8 fewer “ayes” to reach 48, 1 less than 50% + 1.