Bailout Bill Passed by the Senate 74 -- 15 - It doesn't surprise me in the least bit that our 2 esteemed whores from here in Missouri i.e. Christopher Kit Bond and Claire McCaskill both voted for the bailout. They are both professional politicians and run of the mill political hacks. This bailo

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Here are the names of the Senators and the way they voted:

Senate bailout vote
by Kagro X
Wed Oct 01, 2008 at 06:10:01 PM PDT
A little over an hour late, but we're finally onto the bailout vote.

The speakers earlier today -- at least the ones I caught -- broke about 24-7 in favor, 14 Ds in support and 10 Rs. On the "no" side, two Ds plus Sanders, and 4 Rs.

No word on the floor from McCain. Or Lieberman, for that matter.

Should pass with room to spare.

Here comes the roll call.

Akaka - Aye
Alexander - Aye
Allard - No
Barasso - Aye No
Baucus - Aye
Bayh - Aye
Bennett - Aye
Biden - Aye
Bingaman - Aye
Bond - Aye
Boxer - Aye
Brown - Aye
Brownback - No
Bunning - No
Burr - Aye
Byrd - Aye
Cantwell - No
Cardin - Aye
Carper -
Casey - Aye
Chambliss - Aye
Clinton - Aye
Coburn - Aye
Cochran - No
Coleman - Aye
Collins - Aye
Conrad - Aye
Corker - Aye
Cornyn - Aye
Craig - Aye
Crapo - No
DeMint - No
Dodd - Aye
Dole - No
Domenici - Aye
Dorgan - No
Durbin - Aye
Ensign - Aye
Enzi - No
Feingold - No
Feinstein - Aye
Graham - Aye
Grassley - Aye
Gregg - Aye
Hagel - Aye
Harkin - Aye
Hatch - Aye
Hutchison - Aye
Inhofe - No
Inoye - Aye
Isakson - Aye
Johnson - No
Kennedy - n/v
Kerry - Aye
Klobuchar - Aye
Kohl - Aye
Kyl - Aye
Landrieu - No
Lautenberg - Aye
Leahy - Aye
Levin - Aye
Lieberman - Aye
Lincoln - Aye
Lugar - Aye
Martinez - Aye
McCain - Aye
McCaskill - Aye
McConnell - Aye
Menendez - Aye
Mikulski - Aye
Murkowski - Aye
Murray - Aye
Nelson, FL - No
Nelson, NE - Aye
Obama - Aye
Pryor - Aye
Reed - Aye
Reid - Aye
Roberts - No
Rockefeller - Aye
Salazar - Aye
Sanders - No
Schumer - Aye
Sessions - No
Shelby - No
Smith - Aye
Snowe - Aye
Specter - Aye
Stabenow - No
Stevens - Aye
Sununu - Aye
Tester - No
Thune - Aye
Vitter - No
Voinovich - Aye
Warner - Aye
Webb - Aye
Whitehouse - Aye
Wicker - No
Wyden - No

74-25, the bill is passed. Or technically, the amendment is agreed to. Now that the amendment is agreed to, they'll vote on passing the bill as amended, which means it's pretty much the exact same vote, as the Majority Leader said.

P.S. -- One upshot of this outcome is that when John McCain jetted into town to broker a deal, his deal fell apart. When Obama came to town and started working the phones, the bailout passed.

I didn't like the bill, but that's something to take away from it.

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:06 am

It doesn't surprise me in the least bit that our 2 esteemed whores from here in Missouri i.e. Christopher Kit Bond and Claire McCaskill both voted for the bailout. They are both professional politicians and run of the mill political hacks. This bailout just goes to show that "White Collar Crime" does pay and it pays well and has the blessing of this outrageous Bush administration.
For people who worship at the alter of 401K and IRA investments just be assured that they will think nothing of looting your investment when the time comes. This bill proves to me that the entire government is now cloaked in total criminality.
For you believers in 401Ks and IRAs just be warned that this government is always going to side with the criminals. Just figure any investments you make into those funds will most certainly be looted and there will be government people there to protect the looters and stomp on you.