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2016 Postmortem

DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Jan 1, 2013, 10:54 AM Jan 2013

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The Eight Senators Who Voted Against The Fiscal Cliff Deal [View all]

DAVID KURTZ 9:11 AM EST, TUESDAY JANUARY 1, 2013

The fiscal cliff deal overwhelming passed the Senate, in the dead of night, on a 89-8 vote. The eight senators voting no were Michael Bennet (D-CO), Tom Carper (D-DE), Charles Grassley (R-IA), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Mike Lee (R-UT), Rand Paul (R-KY), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Richard Shelby (R-AL).

Not voting were Jim DeMint (R-SC), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ).

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The Eight Senators Who Voted Against The Fiscal Cliff Deal [View all] DonViejo Jan 2013 OP

the D's voted no probably because they wanted to stick to the 250k ceiling samsingh Jan 2013 #1

Rubio doesn't want to be tagged as a tax raiser in 2016 alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #2

kick samsingh Jan 2013 #4

That was Harkin's reason. Bennett and Carper wanted spending cuts Orangepeel Jan 2013 #5

Both my Senators voted no exboyfil Jan 2013 #3

Still thought the income should have been $200,000 and $ 400,000 with the estate tax set Filibuster Harry Jan 2013 #6

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