After a long day of voting, the Senate passed the CRomnibus late at night by a vote of 56 to 40. 32 members of the Democratic caucus and 24 Republicans supported it. 22 members of the Democratic caucus and 18 Republicans opposed it. So who were the naughty 32? Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) Mark Begich (D-AK) Michael Bennet (D-CO) Ben Cardin (D-MD) Tom Carper (D-DE) Bob Casey (D-PA) Chris Coons (D-DE) Joe Donnelly (D-IN) Dick Durbin (D-IL) Kay Hagan (D-NC) Martin Heinrich (D-NM) Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) Tim Johnson (D-SD) Tim Kaine (D-VA) Angus King (I-ME) Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Pat Leahy (D-VT) Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Chris Murphy (D-CT) Patty Murray (D-WA) Bill Nelson (D-FL) Mark Pryor (D-AR) Harry Reid (D-NV) Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) Brian Schatz (D-HI) Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Mark Udall (D-CO) Tom Udall (D-NM) John Walsh (D-MT) Mark Warner (D-VA) Many of them were unsurprising, but I was particularly disappointed in Baldwin, Murphy, and Schatz, who are all freshmen with fairly progressive voting records so far. And which 22 were nice? Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Cory Booker (D-NJ) Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Al Franken (D-MN) Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) Tom Harkin (D-IA) Mazie Hirono (D-HI) Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Carl Levin (D-MI) Joe Manchin (D-WV) Ed Markey (D-MA) Claire McCaskill (D-MO) Bob Menendez (D-NJ) Jeff Merkley (D-OR) Jack Reed (D-RI) Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Jon Tester (D-MT) Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) Ron Wyden (D-OR) Of those 22, the nicest were Brown, Franken, Manchin, McCaskill, Sanders, and Warren, who also voted against cloture (i.e. allowing the bill to proceed). That vote was 77 to 19. Every Democrat who lost re-election voted for it. They are probably angling for a future career in lobbying now. To quote myself from the other day.... A Republican Senate aide told The Hill, If liberal Democrats vote for this package it shows that conservatives can use must-pass legislation to repeal the regulatory state. Granted, many of these Democrats are not liberals. But the vote nevertheless shows that Republicans will be able to roll back various parts of the regulatory state (financial, environmental, labor, etc.) over the next two years by shoving such provisions into must-pass bills that Obama will sign and lobby Democrats to pass. Welcome to the next two years.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:39:24 +0000
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