The tally of how senators voted tonight goes as follows...

[Seen the light]

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00215

Reid's vote was procedural and later changed to a yea.

YEAs ---52
Akaka (D-HI)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Bond (R-MO)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Brownback (R-KS)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lugar (R-IN)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)

NAYs ---35
Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Corker (R-TN)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Reid (D-NV)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting - 12
Alexander (R-TN)
Biden (D-DE)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Graham (R-SC)
Hagel (R-NE)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Smith (R-OR)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Wyden (D-OR)

[baldguy]

1. Time to get rid of the DINO Reid.

[Pirate Smile]

11. Reid was a NO vote BUT switched to YES so he can later call the same legislation back to a vote if

necessary. It is procedural. I saw Frist have to do this also.

Reid is NOT a true vote against the legislation.

[Lifelong Protester]

2. Explain this to me, Reid voted no?

What is the interpretation of that? (Am I missing something here?)

[LynneSin]

8. That's a procedural move. Learned that when watching the Judicial filibusters

Trent Lott would actually side with those who were looking to filibuster. I probably won't explain it right but it is a procedural move that allows Reid to keep the vote open while trying to get votes converted. At the last minute then he'll switch his votes.

[SharonAnn]

13. Yes, it's a procedural thing. He changed from "Aye" to "Nay" so that he could reopen the issue.

[LynneSin]

26. Lott would do it all the time with the Judical nominations

I know there is a name for it. But seeing Reid's name in the "NO" means that this issue isn't dead yet.

[LynneSin]

3. Before people have a hissy fit, theres a reason Reid is with the "NO"

it's a procedural thingie that has a name but it's incase of a filibuster it allows him to keep the vote open while he tries to get more "YES" votes. His final vote will have him switching.

But of the 12 who did not vote - how will they go. All of the "D" lok safe to me, it's the rest that concern me.

I just wish this was after the new senate was on board - this wouldn't be an issue.

[Seen the light]

5. Exactly right nt

[Lifelong Protester]

9. Ok, I figured it was something procedural

thanks for posting

[NNN0LHI]

12. Thanks for explaining that

[democrattotheend]

30. lol, beat me to it

I was just typing to explain the same thing, because i knew people were going to have a hissy fit.

What kills me is we might have gotten there if Reid had waited until Kerry got back from the UN conference and Obama hadn't resigned his Senate seat. It's not really Obama's fault though...he figured he would be busy with transition and that it would be better to let Blagojevich appoint a successor quickly who could be there for votes and who would get a leg up on seniority. There's no way he could have known that Blago was instead going to try to sell his Senate seat.

[LynneSin]

37. What about Hagal or Sununu?

I mean at this point neither have anything to lose. Hagel can be a wildcard and Sununu is a moderate.

[Windy]

4. testor voted against it? He was on Ed Shultz the other day stating how the failure of

the american auto industry would kill the mining business in his state! What is wrong with that guy.

[sandnsea]

15. They don't stand up to the libertarians

That's the problem out here. Stupid libertarians, and anarchists, who are against everything that comes out of Washington. Ron Paul meets Ralph Nader types. Gah.

[democrattotheend]

58. Yeah I know. He sounded good in the hearing the other day

He talked about the double standard (AIG v. the Big Three) and he sounded like he was on our side. My guess is that he changed his vote when it seemed like it would not matter, because the idea of the bailout is unpopular and he won by such a narrow margin that he is worried. I bet he would have been with us if his vote would have mattered.

[enigmatic]

6. .

[LynneSin]

16. :D <<<hugs>>>>

Ugh, I'm so glad i watched all those Judicial filibusters on C-Span. Trent Lott would do the same thing. He would vote with those filibustering as a procedural move to allow him to spend time getting more support for the side voting YES

[sandnsea]

7. The votes should have been there

Kennedy could have come in. Add Kerry, Biden, Wyden, Smith, Sununu, Hagel. That's 7. Reid makes 8. Right? And Baucus, Tester and Lincoln, good lord. When will Democrats stop being anti-union.

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

35. Kennedy and Kerry were not present.

I'm not even sure if they're both in the country at the moment.

[rvablue]

47. Kerry is in India.....as far as I know from what I've read on DU....n/t

[JDPriestly]

59. Right, that is why the vote is being held open -- because they

need Kerry's vote. Also they need Kennedy's vote. I suspect that Obama might be able to get Hagel to vote for it if he really tried. There are several votes that might possibly get switched. This is not a lost cause. There are a lot of reasons for doing this. John Snow and Dan Quayle are two major ones. They are among the wealthy who have interests in Cerberus Management which owns 51% of GM or GMAC.

This is a bargaining ploy to push the unions down. That is all it is. The big GOP backers will lose a lot of money if GM goes down the tubes. It isn't going to happen. The owners of GM want the company to go into bankruptcy so that they can free it from the pension obligations before Obama takes office. Obama promised to make it so that companies cannot default on pension obligations by going bankrupt and through certain other such maneuvers.

[sandnsea]

55. They could have been

If necessary, that's all I'm saying.

[karynnj]

51. Three Democrats voted against - and you ask when Democrats stop being

anti-union?

[sandnsea]

54. Democrats meaning people

In states like Arkansas and Montana. That's why they voted no, their anti-union constituents. Arkansas led the way in busting unions 20 years ago. You'd think they'd figure out why those same jobs are mostly gone now, but nope. Still at it apparently, don't know why else Lincoln voted against this.

[DireStrike]

10. Why did Biden not vote?

[Jennicut]

25. He was in DC earlier, maybe Reid though he would not be needed?

Who knows, Reid apparently did not have this worked out very well.

[napi21]

31. I'm sure he would have made sure he was there if his vote would have been the

deciding vote, but it wouldn't have mattered, and I'm sure he has many urgent thing to deal with as VP.

[Windy]

14. why wasn't Kerry there? And I heard that Hagel thought that he might vote for it?

what gives?

[sandnsea]

18. Kerry is in Poland, iirc

At a very important climate conference.

[OhioChick]

21. Someone said Kerry is overseas. n/t

[karynnj]

42. Kerry is in Poland at the global warming talks

where he is officially representing the Senate and unofficially seen as representing Obama.

[FarCenter]

17. What I don't understand is why they don't actually make them filibuster?

It used to be that the minority opposing closure actually had to hold the floor by presenting interminable speeches continuously until the majority actually gave up. Since there is no other business before the Senate, Reid could keep them there through New Years Day.

Instead, the weasels just give up.

[sandnsea]

22. Because that's not the way it works anymore

Operative words in your post, "used to be".

[FarCenter]

27. Yeah, half of them would keel over in an hour or two.

[Sebass1271]

19. I can't believe TESTER voted NO!!!

I am so disappointed in him.. i really liked him.

[OhioChick]

24. Me, too.

What's up with that??

[depakid]

33. Montana is another one of those so called "rugged individualist" states

That take A LOT more in federal money than they give back in taxes.

Same sort of freeloading that goes on in the Southern states.

(At least, that's what THEY WOULD (AND DO) CALL IT when the situations are reversed).

[Jennicut]

20. Collins and Snowe, the Maine moderate Repubs voted yea which is good but why did Montana's

Baucus and Tester vote nay?

[democrattotheend]

23. Reid changed his vote for procedural reasons, so it was really 53 in favor

What kills me about this is I think we could have had the votes if we had kept our caucus in line. Biden said he would be there if his vote was needed (I heard he was in DC today just in case) so that would have gotten us to 54...I know Kerry is overseas and I guess Kennedy was not well enough to be there so I'll give them a pass. No idea why Wyden was not there...he could have gotten us to 55. Then if we held the 3 Dems who betrayed us that would have been 58, and I bet at least one of them would have voted differently if it would have been the deciding vote. If members were not so friggin' anxious to go home they could have waited until Kerry got back from his trip to the UN conference, and that would have gotten us to 59, which might have been all we needed, because it's technically 3/5 of all Senators, not 60. With the vacancy in Illinois there are 99 senators, which means 3/5 is 59.4

[Jennicut]

29. Reid messed up in th e counting of the votes, what an idiot

[Dinger]

28. Thanks For Posting This

NAYs ---35
Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Corker (R-TN)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Reid (D-NV)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)

Not Voting - 12
Alexander (R-TN)
Biden (D-DE)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Graham (R-SC)
Hagel (R-NE)
Kennedy (D-MA)*Exception made, & get well Teddy; we need you!
Kerry (D-MA)
Smith (R-OR)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Wyden (D-OR)]/b]

[DireStrike]

34. You missed a few Ds

Tester, Lincoln

yay fixeded =D

[Dinger]

43. Thanks, I Think I Fixed It

:)

[LynneSin]

32. Not to be totally snarky and mind you, I still can't stand the guy but Lieberman - Yes

[democrattotheend]

36. I was just going to point that out

Right now I am a lot more pissed with the 3 Dems who voted no. Although I bet they would have voted differently if their votes would have been the deciders. At least the ones from Montana...not sure about Lincoln (D-Walmart). I don't know why Reid didn't wait until Kerry got back from Poland...if he had been there we'd have had a shot.

[LynneSin]

40. but if Reid voted "NO" can't he reopened this when Kerry returns?

it's not dead yet. And I still bet we could get Hagel and/or Sununu

[democrattotheend]

46. Theoretically yeah

But it sounds like they are not planning on coming back together until the new Congress.

[LynneSin]

53. UUUUGGGGGGHHHHH Why can't we make the switch now

:cry:

[karynnj]

50. They didn't have the votes

Had it come down to one vote Reid ikely would have called Kerry to return and had the vote tommorow - what was clear is that Reid earlier thought he had something - but it fell apart.

Biden was in DC and didn't vote - Reid, Dodd, etc all knew they didn't have the numbers.

[Jennicut]

38. Yup, what an odd and strange little procedural vote

Some key Dems missing, two Dems voted against and who knows why and Loserman voted yes.

[LynneSin]

44. Because Lieberman has always had a strong union rating

I know the guy pisses us all off, myself included. But when it comes to the Social issues he really is in our court and his voting record shows it.

[Jennicut]

48. Well, he is my Senator, from good old CT and yes he is socially and domestically moderate

Its his foreign policy that is a wreck.

[Odin2005]

39. Tester? TESTER? WTF?!?

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[Jack Rabbit]

41. We need the Illinois legislature to impeach and remove Bogojevic in 10 minute flat

So that Quinn can be sworn in and appoint a US senator who will vote with the American people by sundown tomorrow.

[patrice]

45. Brownback a Yea? and Roberts a Nay. What gives with that??

Toooooo bad about Baucus and Tester!!!! ;(

[CreekDog]

49. A bunch of Republicans voted for cloture

YEAs ---52

Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Collins (R-ME)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Lugar (R-IN)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

Interesting.

[southern_dem]

52. Surprised to see

Bond as an Yea. And it seems like some of those retiring or fired by the voters decided not to show up...

[still_one]

56. gee mccain voted against. People saw right through him during the campaign how he cares for labor

[Waiting For Everyman]

60. I noticed that too - he bothered to show up for once!

What a jerk. We're so fortunate we dodged that POS.

[Doremus]

57. Baucus, Lincoln and Tester. Who will we support for their primary opponents? n/t

[LynneSin]

61. I don't understand Tester but I do know that the seat would go back to republican

He barely won that one in a squeaker against a corrupt republican. I would suspect this is a targeted seat for republicans in 2012.