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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho are the Democrats who voted for the Blunt amendment?
The vote was 51-48 for tabling, with Kirk absent, so there were at least two. I know Manchin announced his intention to vote for it, but who was the other one(s)? How did Snowe eventually vote?
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Who are the Democrats who voted for the Blunt amendment? (Original Post)
Mass
Mar 2012
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Sens. Ben Nelson (NE), Joe Manchin (WV), and Bob Casey (PA) voted to preserve it.
sinkingfeeling
Mar 2012
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ProSense
(116,464 posts)1. Bob Casey.
Don't know the other.
Snowe voted to kill it.
BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)2. Bob Casey is a
disappointment.
Demonaut
(8,919 posts)6. Casey is for turning over Roe vs Wade
what is it with PA?
sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)3. Sens. Ben Nelson (NE), Joe Manchin (WV), and Bob Casey (PA) voted to preserve it.
Mass
(27,315 posts)4. What's Nelson's excuse? He is not running for reelection?
F*ck him.
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Proud Liberal Dem
(24,414 posts)5. It would have been an embarrassment if this had actually been passed
*whew*