Hilda Solis confirmed: 80 -17

[Hope And Change]

Yay..

[flpoljunkie]

1. Terrific!

[AtomicKitten]

2. Wonderful news!!! n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. It's about time!

[uponit7771]

4. Go Free Choice Act Go!!!

[Blue_In_AK]

5. This is some good news.

[FrenchieCat]

6. Guess attempting for bipartisanship can

go further than it appears on the surface.

[Hutzpa]

7. Wonderful News n/t

[Ocracoker16]

8. great

[Occam Bandage]

9. That's a pretty impressive vote. So what was the Pubbie justification for delaying her, again?

What did they hope to accomplish?

[Hope And Change]

10. YEAs and NAYs votes...

Grouped By Vote Position YEAs ---80

Akaka (D-HI)
Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Begich (D-AK)
Bennet (D-CO)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Brownback (R-KS)
Burris (D-IL)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corker (R-TN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagan (D-NC)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inouye (D-HI)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kaufman (D-DE)
Kerry (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)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
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)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (D-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)


NAYs ---17

Bond (R-MO)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)


Not Voting - 2

Harkin (D-IA)
Kennedy (D-MA)


http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00066

[Sebastian Doyle]

14. Why wasn't Harkin voting?

Not that they needed his vote, I guess. But it seems like an odd one to skip out on.

And I see the "Nays" are the usual cheap labor anti-union neo-confederacy assholes :puke:

[mvd]

16. This news and the Iraq news absolutely made my day!

And has that stupid, ultra-partisan Vitter voted for ANY of Obama's nominees?

[Uzybone]

11. Great news n/t

[The River]

12. Very Good News

indeed.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

13. I love it!

[Katha]

15. Congratulations, Secretary Solis!

:toast:

[Top Cat]

17. Finally