senate voting on Kennedy Hate Crimes Amendment right now cspan2

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1. McConnell was just up there telling Senate to vote AGAINST IT.

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2. The amendment adresses hate crimes in the military also

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3. so far 17 yea and 15 no. coryn a big NO

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4. Landrieu AYE

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6. Mrs Murry AYE

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8. Boxer AYE

[Mass]

5. Any crossovers?

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9. they went thru the initial list so fast I could not keep track

[cali]

7. This is gonna be a close one, I guess

Thanks for the thread, rodeodance.

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10. ITs attached to the Defense Author bill. Whitehouse, Cardin say AYE

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11. CRAIG-----whow he said AYE; Nelson FL aye

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12. well, I have to say good for him (amend. deals with crimes against gays in Military and elsewhere)

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13. WARNER aye, Feingold aye, Cockrun NO

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14. Inoway, Collins AYE Cantwell AYE,

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15. Damn Craig changed his vote------now says NO

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16. Sanders aye, Lugar AYE (several crossovers) Sessions , Inohe NO, Clinton AYE

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17. Mulkowski, freinstein, colman, AYE. Burr NO, OBAMA aye, DEmitt NO

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19. leahy aye, bennet NO, Webb aye,

[Mass]

18. I counted 6 crossovers at this point

May be I missed some.

The need 10 to win this, I think.

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20. tester, conrad aye, menmendez aye, SNOWE__AYE, Kyl NO, shummer aye

[cali]

22. I though they just needed a majority on

this. Oh well. Maybe Specter and the Maine twins and Sununu will vote for it.

[Mass]

24. No, it is a cloture vote. They need 60 votes.

With Lieberman voting AYE and hoping all Dems are here, they need 9 crossovers.

[cali]

26. Thanks! n/t

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21. Spectr AYE, Bond, chambliss NO, Hutchenson NO. Baccus Aye,

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23. LIEBERMan AYE, kohl aye, Hagel NO

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25. Kerry, Rocky AYE, DOLE NO, Thune NO

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27. Ms Murkowski NO, Deminichi NO

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28. Vonovich AYE umm..

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29. WHOW--60-39 WHOW WHOW WHOW

[blondeatlast]

31. YES! nt

[Coexist]

30. CLOTURE!!! Kennedy asking for voice vote.

[cali]

32. Yay. n/t

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33. LOUD AYe's The ayes HAVE it.

[cali]

34. You ought to post it as an OP.

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36. ok

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35. My guess is that Bush will attach a SIGNING statement to Kennedy amendment.

[Coexist]

37. I don't think he will mess with a war bill

but who knows.

[rurallib]

38. Wish they would change the term 'hate crime' to terrorism.