Senate passes ethics-lobbying reform bill 96-2

[Roon]

Breaking on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[LynneSin]

1. I know Tim Johnson isn't voting but who else has been missing lately

Craig Thomas is there and he's probably one of the "NO" votes. I was watching CSPAN yesterday and he voted against everything

[Freddie Stubbs]

5. Brownback was the other one missing this vote

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00019

[Archae]

2. Tom Coburn and Orrin Hatch voted no.

From Oklahoma and Utah.

They just LUV those goodies too much.

[Ignacio Upton]

3. Does that include the Line-Item veto?

n/t.

[Kelvin Mace]

4. It does not

It was traded for the ability to propose tax cuts for small business in the upcoming minimum wage bill.

[Robbien]

7. I see the GOP got their "grassroots" lobbying reporting requirement killed

That was an important one to keep in but a lot of GOP money got put into pressuring the Senate into taking it out.

[SpiralHawk]

8. "Ethics? Those are for the little people." - Corrupt republicon crony Borg

"We are special. We are republicon cronies." - Corrupt republicon cronies

[Kelvin Mace]

9. Yes, I was glad to see that shot down

It was insanely stupid.

[DemReadingDU]

6. link on MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16694327/