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Senate Invokes Cloture On Collins-Nelson Amendment

Posted by PATRICK EDABURN, Assistant Editor in Economy, Politics.
Feb 9th, 2009 | 4 responses

The amended $800 billion stimulus bill is on the way to passage after a 61-36 vote in favor of cloture.

We had all 57 Democrats voting Yes plus Sanders of Vermont (I),  3 GOP Senators voting Yes (Collins, Snowe and Specter), and 1 not voting (Gregg) plus one vacancy in Minnesota (party unknown) so that leaves 1 more non voting Republican, I’m not sure who they were.

Thanks to George for reminding me about Minnesota.



4 Responses to “Senate Invokes Cloture On Collins-Nelson Amendment”

  1. GeorgeSorwell says:
    February 9, 2009 at 6:10 pm

    Minnesota is down a Senator.

  2. Patrick E says:
    February 9, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    Ah yes, I had forgotten that

  3. GeorgeSorwell says:
    February 9, 2009 at 7:10 pm

    You're welcome.

  4. KevinInJax says:
    February 9, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    Cronyn of Texas was the other Senator not voting. No idea why

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