Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Senate Tax Cut Round Up

Until the house votes on this, I believe this will be my last post on the topic, unless Obama spontaneously decides to call former President George W. into the WH press conference to speak on his behalf! I just wanted to point out the vote results from yesterday, and possibly get some feedback on it. The vote actually won overwhelmingly in the Senate with 83 voting YAY! The following is a lit of those who voted NAY. Not this was not a vote on the bill but a vote for cloture, or to move the bill forward:
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Bingaman (D-NM)
Brown (D-OH)
Coburn (R-OK)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Feingold (D-WI)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Hagan (D-NC)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Sanders (I-VT)
Sessions (R-AL)
Udall (D-CO)
Voinovich (R-OH)

Two Senators took a bold stand and just did not vote: Merkley (D-OR),Wyden (D-OR. The house is the real hurdle in this whole debate with many more audible arguments. I checked through the proposed schedule for the next couple days and it looks like the 11th order of business on Wednesday's schedule is: Possible Further Action on H.R. 4853 - Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 (Sponsored by Rep. Levin / Ways and Means Committee). To be continued...
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3 comments:

  1. EBornsteinDecember 14, 2010 at 11:10 AM

    This was a vote for cloture, not for or against the bill. This fact bites both ways:
    1) Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) voted against cloture mere hours after joining a panel for "No Labels.org" which promises to "move the debate forward." I believe the internets dub thee a #fail, Sen. Gillibrand.
    2) John Thune (R-SD) voted for cloture, a major surprise for someone who has long been rumored to be a "consensus" pick for the Republican nomination in 2012. We'll see if he actually supports the bill as well on Wednesday, to continue the "I'm the opposite of Obama, no matter what" meme that other Republicans looking to run in 2012 seem to be following.

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  2. WhiskeyDreamerDecember 14, 2010 at 11:14 AM

    Thanks for the clearing up. As for Thune and the whole opposing Obama no matter what thing, this bill seems to be the only thing that I think you could vote for as a Republican and not cast a lot of grief from your supporting party.

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  3. Righteous IndignationDecember 14, 2010 at 11:17 AM

    The question is, will this provide a new opportunity for bipartisan relationship? In an article in the post this morning, McConnell seemed supportive of such an idea. Hopefully, we can pave a path toward cooperation rather than bitter compromise.

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