14 Democrats vote with 51 Republicans on interstate abortion bill

[pnwmom]

As usual, the Republicans had a majority that made the Democrats' votes meaningless as to the outcome . . . but the votes are revealing, nonetheless.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00216

[patcox2]

1. Good for them if it helps them get re-elected.

They have to answer to the people in their states, not you.

I would rather have 51 dems in the senate even if some voted yes on this than 37 dems of pure liberal credentials.

[pnwmom]

6. I agree with you patcox2. We have to play the game if we want to win.

I was kind of disappointed with Feinstein, though. She needs to build her credentials with the liberals, actually.

[longship]

2. Lieberman voted "Nay" -- Here's the Dem "Yeas"

Joementum must be scared.

DiFi didn't Vote.

Dem Yea votes:
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Bayh-IN
Byrd-WV
Carper-DE
Conrad-ND
Dorgan-ND
Inouye-HI
Johnson-SD
Kohl-WI
Landrieu-LA
Nelson-FL
Nelson-NE
Pryor-AR
Reid-NV
Salazar-CO

I agree with previous poster. Repugs had a clear majority on this one. Might as well shore up support from home state.

[KamaAina]

3. Inouye? That's gotta hurt.

He must be thinking "What the hey, it's not like my state borders any other state, so who cares?" :eyes:

[Zomby Woof]

4. Lieberman has ALWAYS been strongly pro-choice

Check his record. Fear does not motivate his votes on a woman's right to choose.

[Armstead]

5. What was this bill about?

[pnwmom]

7. This was the bill that made it a crime to help a minor cross state lines

to get an abortion. So if a grandmother or a teacher or a boyfriend helped a girl get an abortion out of state, they could be prosecuted.

[niyad]

8. damn, my idiot is a "yes"--see that I have a phone call to make in the

morning. I keep telling the idiot that if we had wanted a conservative catholic repuke, we could have voted that drunk pete coors.