Cloture vote on now. Feinstein votes NO! No Dems so far voted AYE.

[flpoljunkie]

[sojourner]

1. HOOO!!! Keep them faxes and phone calls going!

Damn! We CAN make a difference!

[proud patriot]

2. whew

I was nervous about her

[flpoljunkie]

3. Jeffords, NO!

[kris10ep]

landrieu yay

she bites

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Anybody keeping a count?

Let us know when there are forty nays.

[flpoljunkie]

9. We can lose four votes and still get the 41 needed to stop cloture.

We have lost two, so far.

[Maddy McCall]

5. Landrieu voted Aye.

Not surprising.

[gardenista]

8. What the * is up with Lanrieu?! nt

[JDPriestly]

10. Is she a spy in the Democratic caucus. Just joking.

[Maddy McCall]

11. Conservative Democrat with a borderline Republican constituency

[corbett]

39. She Voted AGAINST Removing ANWR Drilling From The Senate Budget Res, Too!

[ProudDad]

35. Slime

The oil of Louisiana drips from her shriveled carcas?

[flpoljunkie]

6. Nelson of Nebraska and Landrieu of Louisiana, AYE! Damn!

They both come from very Red states.

[ticapnews]

7. I think that is 27 No votes now

Landrieu just votes Aye, as did Nelson (NE)

:mad:

[rodeodance]

13. Sarbainses NO

[ticapnews]

12. Clinton, Sarbanes No...

CSPAN-2 needs a scoreboard

[rodeodance]

15. Kerry NO

[Mass]

14. Did Lieberman already vote?

I would expect a YES from him.

[Jack Rabbit]

16. Lieberman voted Nay

!!

[Mass]

20. That is great considering he said he supported Bolton

Chafee Yes,

[Boo Boo]

47. Well I'll be goddamned

First his remarks on private accounts and now this. Guess I'll have to take him off of my douchebag list for the time being.

[rodeodance]

59. yes, surprized joe said no

[rodeodance]

17. nelson FL NO Cantwell NO Burns aye

[rodeodance]

22. Conrad NO cheffy AYE Hagel aye , KohL NO

[rodeodance]

23. Hatch AYE, Thune aye, Rockerfellow NO,

[rodeodance]

24. Snowe AYE

[rodeodance]

25. Crafo aye

[rodeodance]

27. Dole AYE

[wildflower]

18. I heard a Nay vote for him (and was very relieved). n/t

[flpoljunkie]

19. Chafee, the coward, votes AYE!

[Boo Boo]

53. I think somebody must have pictures of Chafee /nt

[ticapnews]

21. Kerry, Nelson (FL), Cantwell all No

I don't think we have heard from Voinovich, Snowe or Specter yet.

[cestpaspossible]

26. Keep it live guys, you are my CSPAN

[rodeodance]

29. Lincoln NO

[stevedeshazer]

28. Crapo, Snowe, Dole AYE -on edit Hagel AYE

Lincoln NO

[rodeodance]

30. any tally?

[rodeodance]

31. waiting for the slow pokes

[rodeodance]

33. Balkus NO

[katmondoo]

Voinervich (spelling) said aye

[sojourner]

115. VOINOVICH, "AYE"?!!

After the tears and impassioned plea to his colleagues?

:wtf:

[JohnLocke]

116. He said he would bring the vote to the floor

But would not vote to confirm for him when the time comes.

[althecat]

32. Why does it take so long? Am watching on C-Span

Sounds like they are having a tea party...

[stevedeshazer]

40. Harkin NO

[stevedeshazer]

43. Salazar NO

[stevedeshazer]

Pryor AYE

[justsomegirl]

41. Time window...

They have a certain window of time within which they vote.

[althecat]

50. Does that mean that someone can just miss the vote....

And that that could result in cloture?

[ticapnews]

60. No

Actually, the majority needs 60 votes, regardless of how many NO votes there are.

Voinovich voted AYE?!?!?!?

[cestpaspossible]

68. No because cloture is affirmative.

It's not that 41 Senators have to vote 'Nay' in order to defeat a cloture motion, rather, 60 Senators have to vote 'Aye' to invoke cloture.

[althecat]

87. ****** THE MOTION IS NOT AGREED TO ***** YYUYYAAAHAAHHAHA

[stevedeshazer]

34. Baucus NO

YAY! :)

[rodeodance]

37. how many votes to dems need? 41 is what I heard

[flpoljunkie]

38. That is corrrect. We have lost two, so far. Can lose two more.

[rodeodance]

46. thanks

[Jack Rabbit]

52. We have a bonus. Voinovich voted Nay, so we can lose another

!!

[rodeodance]

56. Voinovich is ok (today)

[Maddy McCall]

62. No, he voted Aye.

[Renew Deal]

67. I just heard Aye as well.

[Jack Rabbit]

78. Damn. Somebody had him down as a Nay on the other thread.

. . . or is it somewhere on this one?

[wildflower]

66. He just voted Aye.

EDIT: Odd, because I swear I heard Nay for him earlier; this is still the cloture vote, isn't it?

[mom cat]

36. Mr. Bachaus, NO!

[ticapnews]

42. Harkin, Salazar, No

We need 41

[rodeodance]

45. Salizar NO Harkin NO

[gardenista]

44. Harkin, Salazar- NO

[rodeodance]

48. Pryer aye

[gardenista]

49. Pryor- Aye

[rodeodance]

51. i am on pins and needles

[rodeodance]

54. heard brit hume say that if NOT cloture it is like a fillybuster!!

[cestpaspossible]

55. I amazed that anyone thinks politics is boring

[rodeodance]

57. well, it certainly can be at times

[cestpaspossible]

83. It's like baseball. long periods where it LOOKS like not much is happening

followed by a short period of intense activity and excitement.

[dweller]

58. CBS nightly news just reported

vote on Bolton postponed until after Memorial Day...

:shrug:

dp

[rodeodance]

63. boynovich aye

[rodeodance]

70. they must have done the stats cause the real count still going

[dweller]

108. do you think

CSPAN is time delayed?

just thinking back yesterday with Owen, CNN reported affirmation before the vote was done per CSPAN.

:shrug:

oh well.
dp

[flpoljunkie]

72. Have we already won? Have not been counting the Dem total votes.

We can lose 4 and still stop cloture, as Jeffords voted NO.

[Chicken George]

61. It appears that the Voinovich letter did not sway many Reps yet...

....sonofabitch...he just voted AYE....

[stevedeshazer]

64. Voinovich AYE !!

Wins "Hypocrite of the Year". :eyes:

[CityDem]

113. Not really

Voinocich wants to vote no and could not be any clearer in his intentions. He wants to end the Bolton nomination now by defeating him as opposed to postponing the vote. Dems will look much better by sending a clear message to Bush that this guy is unacceptable as opposed to letting the media state that the dems are obstructing the vote.

[JohnLocke]

117. See #116 (nt).

[gardenista]

65. O.M.G. Voinovitch AYE- Who got to him?! nt

[ticapnews]

69. Wow. After all that he votes Aye. Amazing.

[Renew Deal]

71. That's just crazy.

:wtf: does he stand for?

[gardenista]

74. EXACTLY what I was going to say! WHAT does he stand for?

What a joke.

[mom cat]

81. Himself.

[flpoljunkie]

84. We did win! 56-42 against cloture. Only needed 41!

[rodeodance]

73. no no--Voinovich voted much earler Frist NO

[Chicken George]

77. Moderate + Republican

....like oil and water...

[JohnLocke]

118. See #116 (nt).

[Renew Deal]

75. Frist just voted No?

:wtf:

[rodeodance]

85. aye 56 NO 42 whow whwo whwow whwo

[unfrigginreal]

Ha Ha Ha! Frist had to vote no to bring it back up!

[stevedeshazer]

76. Frist NO?!!!

[stevedeshazer]

86. WE'VE HELD!!!!!!

[wildflower]

79. Frist NO??? Surely I misheard that.

[ticapnews]

80. edit: We win!

[gardenista]

82. Frist voted NO???!!!!!!! WTF is gong on!?

[barbaraann]

88. I think it's some sort of tactical move.

I'm not sure but I think it might mean he can bring it up for a vote again if he votes no, but not if he votes yes.

[gardenista]

92. I see. That explains it. Oh, the intricacies of Senate rules. nt

[rodeodance]

89. Reed on saying they need the information that WH has given

to Joe Biden.

[rodeodance]

91. wants the WH to 'think about it" next 8-9 days

[ticapnews]

90. It's a technicality

This way he can ask to reopen the issue at a later date.

[rodeodance]

93. it is one of those wacho Senate rules.

[rodeodance]

95. Biden on saying he just wants the info he saught--and will not

prevent an up and vote.

[rodeodance]

96. Biden says Bolton's staff had access to the info but the chairs

of the committee do not.

[rodeodance]

97. Frist says he is 'very berry disapointed" te he

[rodeodance]

98. Frist says this vote 'quacks like a fillibuster"--Brit hume and he

ought to get together

[rodeodance]

101. frist says dems are obstructing--boy frist is Ticked off.

[Boo Boo]

112. We ought to flood Frist's office with little

rubber duckies. I like this one:

http://www.centurynovelty.com/index.aspx?ItemBasisID=6900&IndexGroupID=215&ItemID=5385

[Boo Boo]

110. So could that mean that Voinovich voted

"yes" trying to prevent the issue from coming up again?

[ticapnews]

119. He voted yes...

because he wants to vote against Bolton in an up-and-down vote...
Of course, if it comes to that, Bolton will probably be confirmed, so his position is highly illogical...

[Boo Boo]

120. Yeah, I didn't really understand what this procedural maneuver

of Frist's was really about. Just picked up on another thread that Frist voted no because only those that vote no can bring a motion to reconsider.

Voinovich's got himself stuck between a rock and a hard place. He's trying mightily to get other Republicans to stand with him, but isn't having a whole lot of luck.

[FrenchieCat]

94. Biden is such the politician.....

Why doesn't he just shut the f*ck up. We've heard him already today.

He must want to be in the news!

[ticapnews]

99. Shut the hell up, Bill

You never said you were going to work with anyone, you disavowed the bipartisan agreement. A$$407E

[stevedeshazer]

100. Frist = Whining, threatening nuclear option NOW.

[rodeodance]

103. hey Frist--quack quack!!!

[FrenchieCat]

102. Reid is pretty effective.....

I say!

[rodeodance]

105. Reed says this is the first fillybuster of the year.

[stevedeshazer]

104. Reid responds,

"First filibuster of the year..."

[Renew Deal]

106. At this point it's just extended debate.

They are saying that they will come out of this as soon as they get the info they want.

[rodeodance]

107. well, rather a nice feeling--Frist is have another tantrum.

[laugle]

109. Yea, congrats to all DU'ers

DAMM WE'VE GOT THE POWER!!!! POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!!!

[Zen Democrat]

111. Tweety saying "What's the problem with the Republican leadership?"

That they lost two major votes this week they were expected to win ..
ending the filibuster and approving Bolton nomination.

Asking why Bush won't be seen or photographed with Bolton.

[Hippo_Tron]

114. Watch them say that they can use the nuclear option on UN ambassador