The Senate failed to move S. 3044, the Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 forward which would reverse the billions of dollars of corporate welfare giveaways to big oil. It’s pretty simple really. You are either in favor of giving billions of dollars of our money to big oil giveaways or you’re not. Below is a list of senators which indicts whose side they’re on. Please take 5 minutes to contract your senator and tell them what you think. A 3/5 vote was needed.
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YEAs —51 |
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| Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) |
Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Grassley (R-IA) Harkin (D-IA) Inouye (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kerry (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) McCaskill (D-MO) Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) |
Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Rockefeller (D-WV) Salazar (D-CO) Sanders (I-VT) Schumer (D-NY) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Warner (R-VA) Webb (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR) |
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NAYs —43 |
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| Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Barrasso (R-WY) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) |
DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL) |
McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Reid (D-NV) Roberts (R-KS) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Voinovich (R-OH) Wicker (R-MS) |
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Not Voting – 6 |
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| Byrd (D-WV) Clinton (D-NY) |
Graham (R-SC) Kennedy (D-MA) |
McCain (R-AZ) Obama (D-IL) |
Hmmm…Harry Reid sticks out like a sore thumb under the “Nay” category. However, the voting under this bill illustrates the bipartisan agendas that still continue to cripple the best interests of the American public! Interesting article!
Good eye aaaattorneyservices! What in the hell was he thinking? You’re right. Regardless of what party you belong to the good of the American citizens should be their highest priority.