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| Senate rejects earmark ban, 39-56 |
| 2010-12-01 |
| [Washington Examiner] An effort by Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., to place a temporary ban on earmarks was defeated. The tally was 39 in favor and 56 against. There were eight Republican votes against the earmark ban: Bennett of Utah, Cochran, Collins, Inhofe, Lugar, Murkowski, Shelby, and Voinovich. Seven Democrats voted in favor: Bayh, Bennet of Colorado, Feingold, McCaskill, Udall of Colorado, Nelson, and Warner. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Bennet of Utah demonstrates why he was dumped in a primary. Mukowski shows how stupid the people of Alaska are by voting her back in. Voinovich - good riddance Rino. |
| Posted by: No I am The Other Beldar 2010-12-01 19:38 |
| #6 Thad of Ingalls |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-12-01 16:02 |
| #5 Brownback is a loose cannon, likely will abstain from DREAM as well. If he votes for scream, he will be in real trouble from day 1 in his next job of governor of KS. The question I have is why is that a question, why not voting for the ban? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-12-01 14:56 |
| #4 same sh*t as usual. Why did Brownback not vote? If he and the other non-voting repub votes along w/the 8 no's switching it goes 49-47 in favor of the ban. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2010-12-01 13:08 |
| #3 Kick him out so he can invent warp drive. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-12-01 09:12 |
| #2 Thad of Mississippi |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-12-01 08:32 |
| #1 They need to keep up the pressure for the next two years on the supposedly moderate Democrats that are up for reelection in 2012. Oh, and who is "Cochran"? Not familiar with that one. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2010-12-01 08:19 |