Weekend Economists Visit Borinquen, La Isla del Encanto May 15-17, 2015

[Demeter]

28. So here are your 14 Democratic pro-TPP senators

So here are your 14 Democratic pro-TPP senators, as I see it. First, from the White House press report, "[t]he following senators attended the meeting":

Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Tom Carper (D-DE)
Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Patty Murray (D-WA)
Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Mark Warner (D-VA)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)

Second, from The Hill:

Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Claire McCaskill (D-MO)

Finally, these two more-or-less obvious names:

Cory Booker (D-NJ) — who declined to vote on the filibuster
Chuck Schumer (D-NY) — who helped collapse the resistance

With 54 Republican senators voting Yes to end a filibuster, it would be hard to uphold it when 14 anti-progressive Democrats are willing to vote with them.

JUST IN: The roll-call vote for the second filibuster has been released. The filibuster was defeated 65–33 with two Republicans not voting.

New names on the pro-TPP list: Coons (D-DE), Shaheen (D-NH). Since the Fast Track proponents had five votes to spare (threshold: 60 votes), I take both as voting as they wished. Booker and Schumer voted No, but their votes weren't needed. Since the floor vote threshold will be a simple majority, I don't expect either to have to show his hand publicly yet.

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