About an hour ago the Senate voted in a bipartisan manner for the following amendment...

[George II]

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00216

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 1562 to S.Amdt. 1502 to S. 1260 (Endless Frontier Act)

To ensure trade is conducted consistent with American values, to ensure resiliency in critical supply chains, to improve transparency and administration of trade programs and oversight and accountability of trade agencies, and to promote American competitiveness.

The vote was an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote - 91-4.

The four Senators who voted against it were:

Cotton (R-AR)
Hawley (R-MO)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sanders (I-VT)

[nycbos]

1. What reason would Bernie have for joining the seditionists?

Very disappointing

[PhylliPretzel]

6. Perhaps

Bernie voted against it as it sounds like a nothing burger . . . just sound and fury and signifying nothing????
Like voting for mom and apple pie with no social security and medicare for mom nor SNAP benefits to purchase the apples . . .

[W_HAMILTON]

8. Sound and fury signifying nothing?

Sounds like something right up his alley!

[NurseJackie]

16. Haaaa!

[comradebillyboy]

2. Sanders vote is so predictable. He's always opposed free trade

and he's always been an isolationist.

[Skittles]

12. he bores me

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[George II]

14. Isolationist means voting with 3 far far right republicans and against the other 49 Democrats?

This is a guy who wanted to be the Democratic candidate for President last year.

[comradebillyboy]

15. I know. But I really really have to restrain myself

when commenting on Sen. Sanders or I'll get in trouble.

[Hekate]

17. +1

[sheshe2]

3. Oh boy.

Tell me he didn't.

Cotton
Hawley
Rubio
Sanders.

[blueinredohio]

4. Rand Paul actually voted FOR something?

[TwilightZone]

5. Yeah, that was a surprise.

He usually follows Daddy's gameplan, which was vote no on everything except pork for his constituents.

[George II]

7. Earlier in the day there was a vote on cloture for this amendment. Here are the vote results:

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00214

Yeas: 68 (19 republicans, 48 Democrats, 1 independent)
Nays: 30 (29 republicans, 0 Democrats, 1 independent)

[monkeyman1]

9. these clown's need to go back to the unemployment line !!

[William Seger]

10. That's the whole amendment?

Why waste time debating and voting on a string of gratuitous platitudes?

[George II]

11. That's the title of the amendment

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. Endless Frontier Act?

Jeez, I hate those kinds of silly ass names.

These words, ensure, improve, and promote are nothing-burger platitudes unless backed by LAWS and Penalties.

[KentuckyWoman]

18. Our tax dollars hard at work.

Tomorrow they have a big vote regarding whether the donuts in the commissary will be powdered or glazed.

[StarfishSaver]

19. People here demand Democrats "send a message" about all sorts of things

But when they do, some of those same people attack them for casting votes that ""don't do anything except send a message."



I'll bet most of the people attacking Democrats for voting on this amendment couldn't tell us a single other thing Democrats voted on on the last week other than the 1/6 commission

If they're going to critique what they're voting on, folks should at least educate themselves about what Congress votes on and not just jump all over the one or two votes they just happens to hear about.

[Hortensis]

20. S. 1260 is for big investment in critical tech/innovation and to remain the world leader

as China threatens to surpass everyone, both by advanced R&D and advanced massive tech theft.

It's the Senate Democrats' bill, of course, and here's their summary of what it'll do and what it's needed.

https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/majority-leader-schumer-senator-young-and-representatives-khanna-and-gallagher-introduce-endless-frontier-act-with-12-bipartisan-senators-and-5-representatives-to-dramatically-increase-us-investment-and-leadership-in-science-and-tech-innovation-strengthen-economic-and-national-security-and-keep-the-us-strategically-competitive-with-china-and-other-countries

As for I-Sanders, he's a usually reliable +1 for whatever Democratic legislators produce, and most of his dissensions do no harm and allow him to claim them as proof that he's not just tagging along with whatever the Democratic Party does.