BREAKING: Senate just voted 61-37 to move small business loan bill forward.

[lamp_shade]

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Great news! Who was the other non-Democratic vote? I heard the GOP Senator from Ohio

was going to support it.

[lamp_shade]

2. I think it was Lemieux (FL).

[Lochloosa]

20. Charlie Crist appointed him

[Dappleganger]

42. We call him "Senator What's-His-Name?"

Good for him. He's a mild-mannered repuke who desperately would love to be re-elected. His office did give us a great tour of the House when we visited DC earlier this year.

[Recursion]

7. It's not up on senate.gov yet

All I see are two failed cloture votes.

[lamp_shade]

8. Those were amendments... one "D" and one "R". Both were squashed.

[Inuca]

14. It is up now

and indeed LemIeux was the 2nd R vote. Surprising.

[rhett o rick]

24. Link please. nm

[ProgressiveEconomist]

29. I believe that, as usual, the cumulative session roll-call LINK has the vote, at

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_111_2.htm .

I believe it's roll-call vote number 00233:

Issue: H.R. 5297
Question: On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 4594
Result: Agreed to, 61-37
Description: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Baucus Amdt. No. 4594 to H.R. 5297; In the nature of a substitute.

[rhett o rick]

26. i cant see it. link please. nm

[WhiteTara]

3. alright! maybe I get to stay in business!

love your gif!

[SpareChange]

38. Business loans

I don't need more loans, I need more customers. Rich ones!! Where have they gone?

[WhiteTara]

39. "Gone to flowers, every one"

fortunately, I don't need rich customers, but I do need lots of them.

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[JTFrog]

4. K&R!

[Parker CA]

5. Nice! K&R!

[louis-t]

6. Repugs can't stop this one.

Too close to elections. They are screwed either way. The teabaggers will see this as capitulation while repugs try to take credit for it.

[blondeatlast]

9. Great news! nt

[ClarkUSA]

10. Republicans don't want President Obama to keep hitting them on live TV on this issue.

Their constituents must be hitting the phone lines and donors must be complaining about it for them to flip flop only days after Pres. Obama started campaigning last week.

[thereismore]

11. This is a Big Fucking Deal! Way to go dems! nt

[mopinko]

12. and the subtle perfume of logrolling fills the air. n/t

[Peacetrain]

13. K&R and alrighty now!!!

[Change Happens]

15. Did Ben Nelson vote for this? with the Dems?

[lamp_shade]

23. yup

[Winterblues]

16. So we spend three hundred billion on business tax breaks now.

If that three hundred billion had gone to households instead, I would bet a dollar to a doughnut, that it would all end up eventually in the hands of business, but it would be us, the people that put it there and we would get something for it..This just seems like another huge government give away to big business, with nothing for the small people.

[TheMuse]

18. Ummm

You do realize it is a small business loan, right?

[polmaven]

45. LOL!

apparently some have trouble understanding what the words "small" and "loan" mean!

[blondeatlast]

21. BIG.

small.

Just a reminder.

[Ikonoklast]

48. I'm a small business owner.

My credit line was canceled the month after Bush went on TV telling us we were all screwn, throwing the credit markets into a panic, even though my credit score was golden.

It happened exactly when I was planning on upgrading my equipment before the end of 2008...just as the bottom dropped out of lending. I was then forced to keep running worn-out, maintenance intensive equipment which turned out to be quite a costly decision.

I couldn't borrow money from anyone, at any interest rate, as the lenders wanted nothing to do with small business owners, period. I went into my cash reserves to keep my business afloat, and exhausted them.

Just this past spring have I been able to get a loan in order to upgrade my physical plant, but even as the interest costs are in the usury category I couldn't wait any longer.

This bill just might help me to re-finance some equipment and lending costs, lowering my overall debt load, and increasing my chances of surviving in the near term.

[TheMuse]

17. Maybe a couple key wins before the elections

Will limit the Dems losses. They will have some, as in almost every midterm, but if they can eek out a couple of wins, such as this, and enacting the Obama tax plan, they will start to look like they actually have a vision, and have the will to enact it.

This is good politics. If the Republicans fought too hard to block this, then they are shown again as the obstructionists they are, and if they go along, well then they give Obama a win.

Maybe the Pres and the Dems have finally decided to go on the offensive?

[Spazito]

19. Excellent news!

Thanks for posting this, it is much appreciated!

Recommended.

[lonestarnot]

22. K & R!

[rhett o rick]

25. What was the bill number please. nm

[rhett o rick]

27. Is this HR 5297 ??? I dont see that it passed on senate.gov. What am I doing wrong? nm

[Hansel]

28. Self delete.

[Arkana]

30. Well I'll be a chicken's uncle.

I thought there was no way the Senate would take any major action on this. With it past the Senate it'll pass the House in short order.

[rhett o rick]

31. Sorry but I am totally confused. The vote you mention was on an ammendment to the bill.

The bill itself hasnt been voted on as far as I can tell. If I am screwed up, please set me straight.

[lamp_shade]

36. Correct. Amendment to the House bill. Today's vote moved it forward. Up-or-down

vote will take place later this week. Then back to the House for a final vote before The President signs.

[rhett o rick]

40. It looks from the responses that people here feel that it's a done deal. Not sure why.

Does this vote on this amendment mean eventual passage?

[tomm2thumbs]

32. ironically, being the 61st rec to the thread...

[Scurrilous]

33. K & R

:thumbsup:

[LaPera]

34. Thank You DEMOCRATIC SENATORS!

[earcandle]

35. I think we are growing some balls and are about to kick ass@!

[TheEuclideanOne]

37. Here is a Crazy idea...... WHY DON'T WE FUCKING TELL SOMEBODY!!!!

Yes, this is awesome, but much in the same way that nobody knows that the republicans have been talking about helping small business as the cure, they block bills to help small businesses, nobody will know we did this. But who really knows that they did that?? Who? Answer me that! Nevermind, I will answer it. The people on DU know and so do the folks that watch poltics religiously, but what about the millions that will be voting in few days. WHY ARE DEMOCRATS SO BAD AND LETTING THE AVERAGE PERSON KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS?!?!?!?

So, here we are, just passed some great legislation and will lose tons of seats because we have no fucking clue on how to let anybody know about any of our accomplishments. Republicans are champions at getting their message out regardless of whether there is an iota of truth in it.

[NJmaverick]

41. K & R!

[NJmaverick]

43. K & R!

[w8liftinglady]

46. and I especially want to know the 37 who voted against-I like to ..

point that out when I write my lttes

[w8liftinglady]

47. as I suspected-Cornyn-nay, Hutchison-nay

welcome to Texas

[red red red]

49. K & R n/t

[drm604]

50. K&R

:bounce::applause::party::toast: