vote count

[mb7588a]

10 ayes
14 nays

[Greeby]

1. Lieberman no?

:wow:

[Purveyor]

2. Yep, heard it myself and surprised... n/t

[WI_DEM]

16. Ok, good for Lieberman

I will praise him when he does the right thing.

[butterfly77]

24. He's trying to get on our good side...

He's still full of shit repub.

[butterfly77]

25. He's trying to get on our good side...

He's still full of shit repub.

[merbex]

3. Hegel - no

[JohnnyCougar]

4. what are they voting on?

Is it the Patriot Act vote?

Or the cloture vote?

[flpoljunkie]

5. Cloture vote for the Patriot Act.

Reid said this morning they had the votes to stop cloture.

[JohnnyCougar]

8. So Lieberman voted against cloture?

Grrrr.....I should have known.

I thought Hagel was on our side, too. But I guess not.

Anyone have the tally?

[JohnnyCougar]

10. Wait....I think I have this reversed.

We're looking for No votes in this thing. A vote against cloture is a vote for the filibuster, correct?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

14. Hagel is on our side. Voting No is what we want. eom

[reality based]

6. Chafee aye

[WI_DEM]

19. liberal my foot--I hope he is defeated in the primary

[Greeby]

7. Stevens aye

One time where a "NO!!!" would have been useful ;)

[Walt Starr]

9. Looks like the Repukes are lobbying hard to get some more "ayes"

[Nictuku]

11. Voinavich Aye

[reality based]

12. Collins and Snow- aye

[Walt Starr]

20. There's an issue to use against them in their next election

snowe is up fro re-election next year, isn't she?

[reality based]

27. It's interesting to see all the Northeastern Repubs fall in line

for the little emperor. Except for Sununu!?

[Nictuku]

13. Snow Aye

[Nictuku]

15. Bird Aye

Damn

[Walt Starr]

17. Byrd NO!

Just heard it!

[WI_DEM]

22. Byrd is the great elder statesman of the Senate

[reality based]

18. Byrd- No

[Walt Starr]

21. OMFG, FRIST NO!

did the Devil sign a deal with us?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

23. LOL!!!! I couldn't believe my ears! Thank you for verifying what I just

heard! WOW!!!!!

[TacticalPeek]

26. That is a parliamentary ploy.

It enables him to move to reconsider the vote, i.e. vote again. Only those on the 'winning' side can move to reconsider, if I remember Robert's Rules correctly. It is not uncommon for either side to do this, and often someone in the senior leadership is the one who 'countervotes', probably to shield other members from misunderstandings about their sentiments. Nobody doubts Frist's position on this.

Probably also why Byrd voted aye at first, then changed to nay when it became obvious cloture was dead.