Why did 2 Dem Senators not vote on the Commission bill and who were they?

[pnwmom]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/28/politics/january-6-commission-vote-senate/index.html

The vote was 54 to 35, showing the bill had a bipartisan majority of support with six Republicans voting with Democrats. However, the bill needed 60 votes to advance. The six GOP senators who backed the bill were: Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Rob Portman of Ohio, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Ben Sasse of Nebraska. Nine Republican senators and two Democrats didn't vote.

[Shell_Seas]

1. Was Joe Manchin one of them?

[Ocelot II]

2. Patty Murray and Kristen Sinema.

Murray had a family emergency; I don't know what Sinema's excuse was.

[Progressive Jones]

8. Maybe Sinema was down at Mar-A-Lago? nt

[catrose]

15. Don't they have proxy votes now? Or is that just the House, maybe for certain bills?

[tblue37]

12. No. Sinema and Murray.

[EleanorR]

3. Murray had a family emergency

Link to tweet

[Ninga]

4. Article doesn't say who the 2 Dems are that didn't vote.

[leftieNanner]

5. Sinema and Murray

Patty Murray had a family emergency and had to fly home.

Sinema has no excuse.

[Ninga]

13. Thanks. I posted too soon. I'm not very patient these days.

[SoCalDavidS]

6. Honestly, It Doesn't Matter

They needed 60 votes. If they would have had those 60, Schumer would have delayed the vote.

It doesn't matter if they got 2 Votes or 59 Votes. They needed 60, and 56 would have made no difference.

[StarfishSaver]

7. Exactly this

[Ocelot II]

9. Yes, exactly. And unfortunately.

But now the Dems can go ahead and do the full Benghazi. Moscow Mitch might end up damn sorry he torpedoed this commission.

[MLAA]

10. Although it makes a difference to me, an Arizonan.

I want to know why she didn’t vote. I’ve left two messages for her. I won’t be voting for her again if I can help it.

[SoCalDavidS]

11. Yes, It Would Be Good To Know What Her Reason Was nt

[Ritabert]

14. Sinema's been acting squirrelly lately

DINO?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

16. No, I think just a flake who doesn't play well on the national stage

She probably found out that Murray wasn't going to make the vote, which doomed it, so decided to skip out and head back for the holiday. Which wouldn't have been TOO bad, except that she made a scene during her last important vote, and has generally been awful when it comes to dealing with press and controversy. Now she just looks even shittier. I'm generally a fan and I'm beyond pissed about it.
She can't hack the spotlight.

[3catwoman3]

17. Poor form not to show up, even if...

...it wouldn’t have changed the outcome, IMO.

She does seem rather flighty/flakey. I’m not from Arizona, but she is a disappointment nonetheless.

[Buns_of_Fire]

18. Definitely bad form. She doesn't even need any theatrics.

Just show up and say "yes" or "no" when her turn comes. For $174,000 a year, I don't think that's too much to ask.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

22. Agree completely

And the fact that she didn't see how poor form it is, especially after vocally saying she was a Yes vote, just makes me shake my head. It's not just bad politics. It's being bad at her job.

I do think there are things she does well. Performative votes on camera, not so much. You can slide under the radar when your vote doesn't matter. No one cared that she was making meaningless votes as a Representative. As a Senator though, she has national media laser focused on her, she can't just slide under the radar.

And the fact that she doesn't recognize this is what bugs me the most.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

23. I suspect they had 58 or 59

There were two Republicans who voted to impeach that no-showed, and at least one expressed support for the commission.
I wonder if the drama last night was because McConnell was securing the last couple votes. Once that happened, people took off.

[True Blue American]

19. Schumer reserved the right to vote again on the Commission bill!

Just heard him!

[msfiddlestix]

20. Good to know..

Presumably he has an ace up his sleeve to go with a partisan commission.

But it seems like a commission could be initiated outside of Congress. Clearly MOST of the Republicans in the Senate are at the minimum sympathizers.

[msfiddlestix]

21. Good to know..

Presumably he has an ace up his sleeve to go with a partisan commission.

But it seems like a commission could be initiated outside of Congress. Clearly MOST of the Republicans in the Senate are at the minimum sympathizers.

[doc03]

24. That is eleven worthless cowards IMO. If the 11

cowards had the balls to vote their conscience we would have the commission.