Live on CSPAN2 ANWR Amendment Vote....Does not pass 49-51

[truthpusher]

http://www.cspan.org/watch/cspan2_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2

Amendment does not pass 49-51

[JackD76]

1. I got a bad feeling about this.

Why do they want to destory america?

[pilgrimsoul]

7. I used to live in Alaska - it's the most breathtaking place on earth

If they do this, it will be one of the most heinous environmental crimes ever committed. And for what?? They don't even care that drilling there won't even come close to solving the energy problem. But hey, as long as the Republican oil whores can make a few more bucks, what's a little ecosystem decimation among friends, right? Disgust doesn't even begin to describe how this makes me feel.

[AuntiBush]

53. They're DRUNK w/GREED, POWER, OIL and MONEY

What else can it be. It's so disgusted. If I could afford to move I'd pack up the pets and head for anywhere but here! Fed-up. America is lost.

[ChargeIsGuilty2]

15. I've got a good feeling about it

How can people vote to destroy a pristine breathtaking environment. I think we'll win this one!

[FSogol]

32. We lost 49-51

[AuntiBush]

50. Same thoughts here.

Why?

[Emboldened Chimp]

2. I'm streaming it right now, but I can't bear to watch...

This might be another one of those Dark Days in American history. Too many of those we these assholes.

[Dinger]

3. What Are Our Options If They Decide To Drill?

[FSogol]

5. Adopt a Caribou?

[rox63]

8. Protests, sit ins, revolution

We could start chaining ourselves to bulldozers or something. :shrug: :grr: :hurts:

[rodeodance]

11. we get to look at the smirk on Jr's face!!

[JackD76]

25. fuck

[FSogol]

4. Down to the T-names. anyone have the totals?

[rodeodance]

6. sounds like a lots yes's (which is BAD for the refuge)

[Mass]

9. YES is GOOD for the refuge

The vote is on the amendment.

Landrieu just voted NO. That's bad news.

[whometense]

10. No, AYE

means for the amendment - good for the refuge.

[rodeodance]

13. my fingers are crossed

[LittleClarkie]

31. 49 aye 51 nay FUCK!

Damn it damn it damn it.

[faithnotgreed]

17. i thought a yes vote was good..... (ie voting for the cantwell amendment)

[NYC Liberal]

18. That was a rollcall, I believe.

Edit: Maybe not, I don't know...

[sandnsea]

19. It doesn't sound good

I don't think we got it.

[tx_dem41]

12. Akaka, Inouye, Landrieu against amendment. Salazar, Snowe for the..

amendment.

[rodeodance]

20. Specter NO also

[rockymountaindem]

29. Yea Salazar!

[Hand]

14. Sorry-Dupe.

[Skip Intro]

16. Thanks a hell of a lot Landreiu and Inoye (sp?)

:mad:

[JackD76]

21. What is the vote count?

[tx_dem41]

24. Hard to tell at the moment. Its close is the best I can say. n/t

[Skip Intro]

54. 49-51

two DEMOCRATIC votes short!

[rodeodance]

Oboma say AYE (good for him)

[NYC Liberal]

22. OBAMA - Aye n/t

[LittleClarkie]

23. McCain aye!

Well what do you know about that.

Snowe as well.

[rodeodance]

26. oh my god--amendent is NOT agreed to--how sad--lost by 49-51

[JackD76]

30. Fucking assholes

[rodeodance]

so close, so very close. what a SAD day!!!

[nickinSTL]

28. McCain for?

That's a surprise

[flpoljunkie]

56. Actually, not. McCain has consistently voted against ANWR drilling.

[nickinSTL]

58. I guess every now and then McCain

seems to do the right thing.

I suspect a poster in another thread is right, though, in that Frist would have pressed McCain had the votes to pass the amendment been there.

[CityDem]

63. I am not sure about McCain

I believe he is opposed to having the ANWR bill included in the budget bill which cannot be filibustered. I am not sure he is opposed to drilling in ANWR.

[Pooka Fey]

66. McCain has voted twice now to oppose drilling in ANWR.

Last time this came up he opposed drilling, and John Kyl, the other AZ Senator, voted for drilling. McCain supports conservation measures. I wonder how much grief the other repubs give him.

[Gayla]

34. Sucks

51 nay
49 aye

[AntiCoup2K4]

47. Yep. Now if a couple of "Democrats" had acted like Democrats.....

...we would have had this one :(

[sundancekid]

27. 49 VOTE YES AND 51 VOTE NO - amendment defeated

[nickinSTL]

39. so now what?

Is there much we can do...short of tying ourselves to bulldozers in Alaska?

[Darkhawk32]

33. SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!! SHIT!!!

:nuke:

[loro mi dicevano]

35. Well, SHIT.

[Hand]

36. Fucking Shit-- 49 Aye, 51 No

Fuck all DINOs to hell with their Repuke friends.

:grr: :nuke:

[AuntiBush]

37. Home sick watching now...

and OMG... Ammendment not agreed to. Yea 49 Nay 51! There goes our Arctic Refuge, Polar Bears, and probably that HUGE NUKE. Oh, I neglected more $$$ cash flowing in for Buzhivitz & Co. It does not matter. Our Dem's are out-numbered.

We're past SCREWED!

[G_j]

38. f$#@k how many times have the American ppl spoken on this?

what a disgrace!

[rodeodance]

40. I is going to be a very lllllllllongg 4 years

[JackD76]

41. We Need The Names of the Democrats who voted NO!

[AuntiBush]

45. Hiawaii

[Mass]

46. I think there were 3.

Inouye, Akaka and Landrieu.

[JackD76]

49. They Are Not Democrats, they are Neo-Cons

[SW FL Dem]

48. Landrieu, Akaka and Inouye

fuck em!

[JackD76]

52. Lets Flood them with Hate Mail

[G_j]

51. I've lost track of how many calls and letters

I made and sent. It was clear a long time ago, Americans didn't want it.

[Nordmadr]

42. AAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

[AuntiBush]

43. How DARE THEY!

Why? Why do NeoConservatives HATE everything our country stands for? Evil... sad and evil!

[uppityperson]

44. fuck

[flpoljunkie]

55. Evidently we had 6 Republicans* vote against drilling in ANWR, but they

were cancelled out by the three Democrats who voted for drilling--Inouye, Akaka and Landrieu. An inexcusable vote with the opposition and against the interests, not only of their party, but of the nation and the world.

*Jeffords, an Independent, also voted against drilling in ANWR.

[Redneck Socialist]

61. Who were they?

Which pubs voted aye?

[Hand]

64. McCain, Snowe, Collins, Chaffee...

Don't know the others offhand.

[Redneck Socialist]

65. Thank you

the roll call is finally up online here http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00052

Coleman and Smith were the other two.

[blue neen]

57. I feel sick.

What a sad day.

[grace0418]

59. This is just disgusting

Between this and the news that Mt. Kilimanjaro has lost it's snow cap for the first time in 10,000 years, I just feel hopeless.

May the coming global disaster take the good people quickly and mercifully and single out BushCo and their supporters for a long, drawn-out and painful demise. If there is a hell, may they all end up in the deepest pits of it.

[Suziq]

60. I Am Sick About This

I am sitting in my cube at work crying. :cry:

Those poor animals in ANWR - my heart is breaking. Also, the breathtaking beauty of the area will be forever gone.

I just don't know what to do anymore . . . . .

[iconoclastNYC]

62. I'm against this drilling.

But i think this is one of those issues that motivate left wingers and the rest of the country is indifferent about.

It's a good way to motivate our side but we shoudln't waste many resources on this as a stategic move. There are better targets.