Senators voting on the Nelson amendment right now. Tabled NOW - 54 - 45

[Mass]

Right now, vote on the motion to Table it. Mostly along party line. I heard Nelson, Dorgan, and Bayh voting NO and Snowe voting AYE. (still 6 dems at least voted against tabling it).

Roll call will be here.
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00369

[IndianaGreen]

1. The health insurance industry whore Evan Bayh won't get my vote next year

Bye, bye, Bayh!

[jefferson_dem]

2. And it goes down 54/45.

Buh-bye.

Now, let's see what happens in conference ... and if "moderates" such as Nelson will back reform w/out it.

[Mass]

3. Now voting on another attempt from McCain to send back the bill to Committee

(another stalling attempt)! Will not pass, but still losing a long time on that.

[backscatter712]

4. Buh-bye Stupak!!!

Tabling's a high-risk maneuver in these sorts of bills - for one, it's considered discourteous in the Senate (in other words, it's a big slap in the face to a Senator to table his amendment like this), and for another thing, if this vote failed, the only way for this amendment to go away would be unanimous consent, which the GOP and conservadems would withhold for days until they extracted concessions.

Obviously, they knew they had the votes for this, which means that nothing Stupak-like is likely to see the light of day...

A nice little victory, if I say so myself.

[Cha]

7. Thank you! And, all the

divisive tactics that went on in the guise of handwringing.

[vaberella]

8. Most on DU said it would be in the bill in the end.

Guess they were wrong.

[Mass]

9. If it passed. It did not.

[vaberella]

11. Oh I'm aware. However, weeks ago many said it would most definitely pass. n/t

[Cha]

13. Yes they did..they we're betting their reputations on it.

[firedupdem]

14. oh yeah they were, once again the president had tossed some

group 'under the bus' :eyes:

[Kdillard]

5. Yippee getting the slapdown it so richly deserved.

[Odin2005]

6. YAY!!!

:woohoo:

[vaberella]

10. It was both Collins and Snowe who voted to table it.

At least there are some sane female Repubs.

[ProSense]

12. The seven voting nay

Bayh (D-IN)
Casey (D-PA)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Kaufman (D-DE)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)

[PopSixSquish]

15. Casey is the Only Democrat Who Should be on That List

as he has always been anti-abortion as was his father. I don't like it but I can respect his views because I know him to be consistent.

The rest can pound salt...