GOP Bid To Block Amendments On Surveillance Bill Fails

[DeSwiss]

GOP Bid to Block Amendments on Surveillance Bill Fails

TPMMuckraker
By Paul Kiel - January 28, 2008, 5:12PM

The fight goes on.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) cloture vote failed 48-45 just now, well short of the 60 votes necessary.

In the end, four Dems crossed over to vote with the Republicans: Sens. Mark Pryor (D-AR), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and Mary Landrieu (D-LA). Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) was the lone Republican to vote with the Dems.

Now we're on to the question of whether an extension will be passed. We'll have more on that in a moment.

Update: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00003">Here's the official tally.

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/005158.php

- Remember those DINOs come election time folks......

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. Sens. Mark Pryor (D-AR), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and Mary Landrieu (D-LA)....

We need to make a list.

[DeSwiss]

2. Let's make two lists...

...one for the Senate and one for the House.

DINO's are like roaches. If you don't keep them in check, they'll just spread all over the place.....

[Sarah Ibarruri]

4. Apparently! nt

[and-justice-for-all]

6. Yes we do...

show those clowns to the door.

[gratuitous]

3. Landrieu was particularly craven

Apparently she originally voted against cloture, but once it was clear that it was going to fail, she changed her vote. A tower of jell-o, our Mary.

[annabanana]

5. I watched it happen. . . VERY aggravating. . . . .n/t

[calimary]

7. Can we talk about how hard a whole bunch of us, and other Dems and progressives

and liberals worked to help Mary Landrieu when she was up-to-here in her race for reelection? How much work we NON-Louisianans did and how we tried to help and contribute and email and call and support her campaign and buoy her up against her challenger? Some gratitude she shows. Last time she gets any help from me.