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Stuart G

(38,423 posts) Fri May 28, 2021, 04:53 PM May 2021

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11 Senators who did not vote on Commission Bill. (they left town, or weren't around)CNN:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/28/politics/senators-didnt-vote-january-6-commission/index.html

note: 2 Democratic Senators: Patty Murray of Washington
......................................... Kyrsten Sinema of Arizonia

•Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee
•Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri
•Republican Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana
•Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina
•Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma
•Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington
•Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota
•Republican Sen. James Risch of Idaho
•Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama
•Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona
•Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania

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11 Senators who did not vote on Commission Bill. (they left town, or weren't around)CNN: (Original Post) Stuart G May 2021 OP

Barring a serious illness, no Democrat should have been on that list. Shame on them JohnSJ May 2021 #1

Sinema? SINEMA? This woman cannot serve 2 terms. End of story. Vinca May 2021 #2

The filibuster should require 40 votes to block. honest.abe May 2021 #3

Murray and Sinema. What's with that? Sneederbunk May 2021 #4

Murray had a family emergency. TwilightZone May 2021 #5

JohnSJ

(92,190 posts)

1. Barring a serious illness, no Democrat should have been on that list. Shame on them

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Fri May 28, 2021, 05:17 PM

May 2021

Vinca

(50,270 posts)

2. Sinema? SINEMA? This woman cannot serve 2 terms. End of story.

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Fri May 28, 2021, 05:21 PM

May 2021

honest.abe

(8,678 posts)

3. The filibuster should require 40 votes to block.

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Fri May 28, 2021, 05:33 PM

May 2021

Rather than 60 votes to proceed.

Sneederbunk

(14,290 posts)

4. Murray and Sinema. What's with that?

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Fri May 28, 2021, 05:43 PM

May 2021

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)

5. Murray had a family emergency.

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Fri May 28, 2021, 05:56 PM

May 2021

It's been reported widely.

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