Applause for 14 Democrats who Voted NO to Hayden! and 5 Who Didn't Vote!

[KoKo]

(Odd Fact...Arlen Specter was the only Repug to vote NO. :eyes:)


http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00160
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NAYs ---15
Bayh (D-IN)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Kerry (D-MA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Obama (D-IL)
Specter (R-PA)
Wyden (D-OR)



Not Voting
Boxer (D-CA)
Conrad (D-ND)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Inouye (D-HI)

[vi5]

1. Hmm...Lautenberg voting yea..

That's really odd. He and Menendez are usually lock step liberals for NJ in every way possible. Dissapointing to say the least.

[Xeric]

2. At least in Illinois

We have 2 senators with some spine. Wish my DINO congresslady did.

[bdamomma]

19. Hey Illinois

you have two good senators who voted no.

I don't know what happened to my senators especially Reed from RI, I sent him a e-mail and asked him why he voted for Hayden

[w13rd0]

3. Good for them...

...glad to see some of the names there...Specter is a surprising one, but only in that he shows a streak of rebellion when he knows it won't effect the outcome.

[BrklynLiberal]

4. See why I am never voting for Schumer (D-NY) again???!!!!!

[annabanana]

14. That IS aggravating...

I can almost understand his big business leaning (not that I like it).. but THIS one I don't get. What on earth did he have to gain by voting for this turkey?

[leftofthedial]

5. looks like we need to take back about 31 seats

to win back control of the Senate

these 20 (giving the no-shows a bigger benefit of the doubt than they probably deserve), plus 31 more would give us a majority.

[KoKo]

6. And that Blow Hard Biden.....voted yes...n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Levin, Leahy and Byrd voted yea? I don't get it.

[partylessinOhio]

8. Here is the list of 2008 Presidential candidates.

Bayh (D-IN)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Kerry (D-MA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Obama (D-IL)
Specter (R-PA)
Wyden (D-OR)

Forget the rest.

Note: Rockefeller had surgery and may not have returned yet.

[KoKo]

10. Agree...we need to post this list on our Refrigerator Door so we

remember who stood up against SPYING on Americans. And, we need to keep the "Not Votes" there too because like Rockefeller they might have had some circumstances keeping them from voting...

I know Boxer is great....Inouye used to be good but he voted for Bankruptcy bill ...and a couple of other things...still I always thought of him as more "progressive" than Biden.

[bdamomma]

20. He's not my Senator

but Wyden had a good argument against Hayden during the confirmation hearings. I like him.

[SharonRB]

9. I found that odd myself.

I'm not very happy with Levin and Stabenow right now. In Stabenow's case, not only did she vote for Hayden, she voted against the immigration bill.

[Upfront]

12. She is half right

Wrong on Hayden right on immigration bill.

[JordanLFW]

23. Don't understand Levin at all..

Levin has been so dependable for us! No vote on the Patriot Act, and fighting the Alito nomination...why confirm Hayden?

[NJ Democrats]

11. Congrats to all of them

Why did Lautenberg vote yea?

[IndianaGreen]

13. Scratch Biden off from the Presidential prospect list

He voted for Hayden. Puke!

[MH1]

16. Biden voted NO on Kempthorne - Feingold voted Yes

Only 8 senators voted against Kempthorne:

NAYs ---8
Biden (D-DE)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dayton (D-MN)
Harkin (D-IA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Nelson (D-FL)
Schumer (D-NY)

By the time you collate the lists only 4 senators voted against all three nominations today: Kerry, Clinton, Harkin, and Dayton.

More on Kempthorne, the stealth nominee for Interior (stealth in that they hid him behind Hayden and Kavanaugh, and were apparently quite effective, judging by DU):

http://www.thestranger.com/blog/files/old/2006/03/dirk_kempthorne.php

http://www.sierraclub.org/pressroom/releases/pr2006-03-16.asp

[BrklynLiberal]

21. You are right on Kempthorne. It is a very strange mixture of people who

nixed him. I wonder what their motives were...knowing they would lose anyway, but it would look good on their resumes?
It would also appear some people voted yea that I definitely would have expected to have opposed that guy.
Sure makes one wonder about the shenanigans in DC.

[IndianaGreen]

24. Guess what Harry Reid had to say about Kempthorne

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2309823

[Cha]

15. How strange..bayh voted

no on hayden!

Dayton..no! Who's going to win his seat in Minnesota?

[nickshepDEM]

17. Very interesting... Wonder why Mikulksi and Sarbanes voted for?

[NastyRiffraff]

22. I am VERY disappointed in Mikulski & Sarbanes

Mikulski in particular. I'm beating myself up now for not calling/emailing her before the vote.

[The Gunslinger]

18. What a surprise.......

Leiberman is not on the list.