Monday, December 21, 2009

Who Voted Yay and Nay on the Senate Bill Ending Debate

Here's a link to the official Senate record of how they voted.

Grouped By Vote Position YEAs ---60


Akaka (D-HI)  Baucus (D-MT)  Bayh (D-IN)  Begich (D-AK)  Bennet (D-CO)  Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)  Brown (D-OH)  Burris (D-IL)  Byrd (D-WV)  Cantwell (D-WA)  Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)  Casey (D-PA)  Conrad (D-ND)  Dodd (D-CT)  Dorgan (D-ND)  Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)  Feinstein (D-CA)  Franken (D-MN)  Gillibrand (D-NY)  Hagan (D-NC)
Harkin (D-IA)  Inouye (D-HI)  Johnson (D-SD)  Kaufman (D-DE)  Kerry (D-MA)  Kirk (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)  Kohl (D-WI)  Landrieu (D-LA)  Lautenberg (D-NJ)  Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)  Lieberman (ID-CT)  Lincoln (D-AR)  McCaskill (D-MO)  Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)  Mikulski (D-MD)  Murray (D-WA)  Nelson (D-FL)  Nelson (D-NE)  Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)  Reid (D-NV)  Rockefeller (D-WV)  Sanders (I-VT)  Schumer (D-NY)  Shaheen (D-NH)
Specter (D-PA)  Stabenow (D-MI)  Tester (D-MT)  Udall (D-CO)  Udall (D-NM)  Warner (D-VA)
Webb (D-VA)  Whitehouse (D-RI)  Wyden (D-OR)

Following a strict party line vote, the Senate voted to end debate on the Health Care Reform Bill. Once they vote to approve it, they will send it to be combined with the House version. Nobody really knows what will be in the final bill and whether or not the final version will ever make it to the President to sign.

Some on the fence were paid off to get their votes. Most of the negotiation never involved any Republican Senators. Neither was it transparent like Obama promised.

This bill does not accomplish what the President said it should. It will cost way too much, drive doctors and hospitals out of business, increase wait time to see a doctor, diminish the quality of care, delay care, and increase premiums for everyone.  I know that is contrary to what the President promises, but based on what we have all seen so far, his promises cannot be believed.

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