Senate roll call on deal to raise debt ceiling, passes 74 - 26

[ProSense]

Roll call

YEAs ---74

Akaka (D-HI)
Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Baucus (D-MT)
Begich (D-AK)
Bennet (D-CO)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Brown (R-MA)
Burr (R-NC)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Coons (D-DE)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
Durbin (D-IL)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Hagan (D-NC)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inouye (D-HI)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kirk (R-IL)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lugar (R-IN)
Manchin (D-WV)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Portman (R-OH)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wicker (R-MS)
Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---26
Ayotte (R-NH)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coats (R-IN)
Coburn (R-OK)
DeMint (R-SC)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heller (R-NV)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johnson (R-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Lee (R-UT)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Moran (R-KS)
Nelson (D-NE)
Paul (R-KY)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sanders (I-VT)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Toomey (R-PA)
Vitter (R-LA

[Bluzmann57]

1. Harkin voted nay!

I love my Senator from Iowa. Hell, even grassley voted nay, but I suspect they had different reasons.

[Kaleva]

2. 27 Repubs put themselves on the Teabagger hit list.

[rhett o rick]

3. How do you feel about this "compromise"? nm

[CakeGrrl]

4. The poor MSM won't know how to spin these results

And the far ends of the political spectrums won't know who to try to primary.

Although I did see someone calling for Al Franken's ouster on another thread for his "Yes" vote.

Al Franken. Seriously.

[a2liberal]

5. I see there were only a few courageous Democrats

who stood up for the people

[frazzled]

9. Nelson?

One of the most conservative Democrats in the Senate. I doubt you should be calling him "courageous," unless you also want to call Demint and Vitter courageous.

[a2liberal]

22. Yes he's typically been conservative

but boundaries are very fluid these days. I can't find the exact article but I remember that he was one of the first to call on Obama to not touch Social Security as part of any deal.

http://www.google.com/search?q=senator+nelson+social+security

OTOH it's possible he voted against it from a conservative angle. I just don't know.

[blueclown]

6. Happy to see that both of my senators from NJ voted no.

[tigereye]

7. Gillibrand and our wacky PA Senator Toomey on the same

side. Bizarre.

[Mass]

11. No, It is actually sad that people do not get it. Toomey wanted to cut more

[tigereye]

14. oh yeah, I know he did. It's just ironic in some ways.

[Ter]

8. Hard to believe more Republicans opposed this bill than Democrats

What the hell is wrong with Democrats?

[Mass]

10. Because you think the GOPers who voted against it wanted a better bill?

They wanted a bill that cuts more and had a BBA. That seems obvious to me.

Also, do you think that any of those voted NO would have voted NO if they were the decisive vote?

[Ter]

15. Yes, I know Rand Paul and Mike Lee would have voted no if their vote was decisive

Probably Jim DeMint too, and possibly David Vitter. The rest I'll give you though.

Also, whatever their intentions were, it doesn't excuse the Democrats who voted Yes.

[Mass]

16. I was obviously talking about Sanders and Harkin, not these morons of tea party senators.

[erodriguez]

12. Gillibrand voted nay. I'll be voting for her next time out.

Fuck Schumer. The only NY democrat in both the house and senate to vote for the bill.

[Telly Savalas]

13. Kicked and Recced

I hate this deal, but the result of a significant roll call vote is good information that deserves a high profile here.

[rhett o rick]

17. Again How do you feel about this compromise??? Or won't you say??? Nm

[rhett o rick]

18. Again How do you feel about this compromise??? Or won't you say??? Nm

[rhett o rick]

19. Self delete

[rhett o rick]

20. Self delete

[steve2470]

21. k&r nt

[rhett o rick]

23. Do you agree with Sen Bernie Sanders that this is a huge win for the Right Wing?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1652299

[ProSense]

24. No, I don't

A huge win for the RW would have been default.

The media and Republicans would immediately blame the President, and then a week after celebrating Obama and Democrats for standing up to Republicans, those celebrating would blame Obama for creating the mess. In fact, the billions incurred for the crisis would be laid at his feet for being inflexible or for being unable to get Congress to pass a clean bill.

There is a reason Boehner misled his caucus about the deal. Pelosi kept her end of the bargain to deliver votes, but the only way Boehner could do so was through deception.

Half of his caucus wouldn't have voted for the deal had he not made the "no tax increase" claim. Had they done so, it would have been another embarrassment, a failure of his leadership.

Claiming this is a huge win for the RW is like claiming that saving the hostage's life, even with a few bruises, is a huge win for the hostage taker.

[rhett o rick]

25. I like your analogy.

"Claiming this is a huge win for the RW is like claiming that saving the hostage's life, even with a few bruises, is a huge win for the hostage taker."

Yes the hostage's life was saved with bruises (we probably disagree on the magnitude of the bruising) but the hostage takers still have the hostage. They will be back demanding more and more.

What if the president went before the American people and said that in order to prevent default, we must cut defense, undo the Bush tax cuts and back off on the wars? And that he would not give in to Republican demands for cuts in SS and Medicare.

I think you would agree that things are ratcheting worse and worse. What is the end game here? How can we stop this elephant walk into fascism?

Thank you for responding. Although I rarely agree with you, it's only a matter of degree. And I appreciate hearing your side in a respectful manner.