Senate EESA vote: Sanders(I) voted no, as did 15 Rs and 9 Ds. Kennedy didn't vote, and

[ProgressiveEconomist]

and the other 74 Senators all voted Yes.

Do you see any surprises in these vote patterns? Don't forget to consider the 74 YES votes not listed here.

15 Republicans voting no
Allard
Barrasso
Brownback
Bunning
Cochran
Crapo
DeMint
Dole
Enzi
Inhofe
Roberts
Sessions
Shelby
Vitter
Wicker

9 Democrats voting no
Cantwell
Dorgan
Feingold
Johnson
Landrieu
Nelson
Stabenow
Tester
Wyden

[RoccoR5955]

1. Kucinich/Sanders '12 Take Back America!

Let's start campaigning for them for the NEXT election. If we even have a country left!

[Patsy Stone]

2. The most conservative members

from the most conservative states. I expected Russ to vote no, but that's because he's Russ, not because he's a conservative. I expected Bernie to vote no because he was always against the bill.

I was going to try to find out how many of them were up for re-election.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

3. "how many of then are up for re-election"? The Senate directory is at LINK

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

[ProgressiveEconomist]

4. And those designated "Class II" are up for re-election this year, according to LINK

http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/class.htm

[Patsy Stone]

5. Here's what I found

15 Republicans voting no

Allard: Retiring
Barrasso: Re-election
Brownback
Bunning
Cochran: Re-election
Crapo
DeMint
Dole: Re-election
Enzi: Re-election
Inhofe: Re-election
Roberts: Re-election
Sessions: Re-election
Shelby
Vitter
Wicker: Re-election

9 Democrats voting no

Cantwell
Dorgan
Feingold
Johnson: Re-election
Landrieu : Re-election
Nelson
Stabenow
Tester
Wyden

[Okie4Obama]

6. It's sad when Coburn is the voice of reason in your state.

Ugh the only way Inhofe doesn't get elected is if he gets caught in bed with another man. Oh, and McCain is up THIRTY POINTS here. Bleh.

[Patsy Stone]

8. Lucky for him, then,

that there is no homosexuality in his family now, nor has there ever been any.

What is up with that 30 point thing? Don't your people have the TV and the Google? :)

[ProgressiveEconomist]

10. Of the 9 D Nos, only Landrieu and Johnson are up for re-election? I thought Senators were

supposed to be "statesmen", who do whatever is necessary to support keeping thier country and its economy as strong as possible.

I'm really surprised more of the D nos aren't in campaign mode.

You expect Rs to strut and posture even when they may not have to, but not Ds.

[Thrill]

7. Obama, Boxer, and Kerry voting yes. I feel this was really neccessary now

[karynnj]

9. I think it is too - here's a video of a press conference on it that Kerry gave in Boston yesterday

He does a great job explaining the problem. This is from a Boston TV channel. This is really what the President should have been able to do. It is clear that Kerry is as angry about the missed opportunities here as he has been on Iraq.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/multimedia/m/21058165/kerry_reacts_to_bailout_vote.htm?q=%22John+Kerry%22+predatory&index=1&seek=1175.739