Health Care Senate Vote : Christmas Eve 2009

[Harry Hayfield]

Notes
* First Senate Vote on Christmas Eve since 1895
* To pass, all that is needed is a simple majority (51 - 49)

Roll Call Vote (Source: Fox News)
Sen. Akaka, Daniel (D-HI) 
Sen. Alexander, Lamar (R-TN) 
Sen. Barrasso, John (R-WY) 
Sen. Baucus, Max (D-MT) 
Sen. Bayh, Evan (D-IN) 
Sen. Begich, Mark (D-AK) 
Sen. Bennet, Michael (D-CO) 
Sen. Bennett, Robert (R-UT) 
Sen. Bingaman, Jeff (D-NM) AYE
Sen. Bond, Christopher (R-MO) NO
Sen. Boxer, Barbara (D-CA) AYE
Sen. Brown, Sherrod (D-OH) AYE
Sen. Brownback, Sam (R-KS) NO
Sen. Bunning, Jim (R-KY)
Sen. Burr, Richard (R-NC) NO 
Sen. Burris, Roland (D-IL) AYE
Sen. Byrd, Robert (D-WV) AYE
Sen. Cantwell, Maria (D-WA) AYE
Sen. Cardin, Benjamin (D-MD) AYE
Sen. Carper, Thomas (D-DE) AYE
Sen. Casey, Robert (D-PA) AYE
Sen. Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA) NO
Sen. Coburn, Tom (R-OK) NO
Sen. Cochran, Thad (R-MS)
Sen. Collins, Susan (R-ME) NO
Sen. Conrad, Kent (D-ND) AYE
Sen. Corker, Bob (R-TN) NO
Sen. Cornyn, John (R-TX) NO
Sen. Crapo, Mike (R-ID) NO
Sen. DeMint, Jim (R-SC) NO
Sen. Dodd, Christopher (D-CT) AYE
Sen. Dorgan, Byron (D-ND) AYE
Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL) AYE
Sen. Ensign, John (R-NV) NO
Sen. Enzi, Michael (R-WY) NO
Sen. Feingold, Russ (D-WI) AYE
Sen. Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) AYE
Sen. Franken, Al (D-MN) AYE
Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY) AYE
Sen. Graham, Lindsey (R-SC) NO
Sen. Grassley, Charles (R-IA) NO
Sen. Gregg, Judd (R-NH) NO
Sen. Hagan, Kay (D-NC) AYE
Sen. Harkin, Tom (D-IA) AYE
Sen. Hatch, Orrin (R-UT) NO
Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey (R-TX)
Sen. Inhofe, James (R-OK) NO
Sen. Inouye, Daniel (D-HI) AYE
Sen. Isakson, Johnny (R-GA) NO
Sen. Johanns, Mike (R-NE) NO
Sen. Johnson, Tim (D-SD) AYE
Sen. Kaufman, Ted (D-DE) AYE
Sen. Kerry, John (D-MA) AYE
Sen. Kirk, Paul (D-MA) AYE
Sen. Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN) AYE
Sen. Kohl, Herbert (D-WI) AYE
Sen. Kyl, Jon (R-AZ) NO
Sen. Landrieu, Mary (D-LA) AYE
Sen. Lautenberg, Frank (D-NJ) AYE
Sen. LeMieux, George (R-FL) NO
Sen. Leahy, Patrick (D-VT)  AYE
Sen. Levin, Carl (D-MI)  AYE
Sen. Lieberman, Joseph (I-CT)  AYE
Sen. Lincoln, Blanche (D-AR)  AYE
Sen. Lugar, Richard (R-IN)  NO
Sen. McCain, John (R-AZ)  NO
Sen. McCaskill, Claire (D-MO) AYE
Sen. McConnell, Mitch (R-KY)  NO
Sen. Menendez, Robert (D-NJ)  AYE
Sen. Merkley, Jeff (D-OR)  AYE
Sen. Mikulski, Barbara (D-MD) AYE 
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa (R-AK)  NO
Sen. Murray, Patty (D-WA)  AYE
Sen. Nelson, Ben (D-NE)  AYE
Sen. Nelson, Bill (D-FL)  AYE
Sen. Pryor, Mark (D-AR)  AYE
Sen. Reed, Jack (D-RI)  AYE
Sen. Reid, Harry (D-NV)  AYE
Sen. Risch, Jim (R-ID)  NO
Sen. Roberts, Pat (R-KS)  NO
Sen. Rockefeller, John (D-WV)  AYE
Sen. Sanders, Bernard (I-VT) 
Sen. Schumer, Charles (D-NY)  AYE
Sen. Sessions, Jeff (R-AL) 
Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne (D-NH)  AYE
Sen. Shelby, Richard (R-AL) 
Sen. Snowe, Olympia (R-ME)  NO
Sen. Specter, Arlen (D-PA)  AYE
Sen. Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI) AYE
Sen. Tester, Jon (D-MT)  AYE
Sen. Thune, John (R-SD)  NO
Sen. Udall, Mark (D-CO)  AYE
Sen. Udall, Tom (D-NM) 
Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) 
Sen. Voinovich, George (R-OH) 
Sen. Warner, Mark (D-VA) 
Sen. Webb, Jim (D-VA) 
Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-RI) 
Sen. Wicker, Roger (R-MS) 
Sen. Wyden, Ron (D-OR) 

The AYES have reached 51, the motion is therefore carried

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

For those that want Health Care reform, this is a good thing, those that don't want a bad thing.  The only thing to fix is the public option and the millionaire tax and the bill willl be sent to the president.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

For those that want Health Care reform, this is a good thing, those that don't want a bad thing.  The only thing to fix is the public option and the millionaire tax and the bill willl be sent to the president.

For insurance and pharmaceutical corporations, this is a good thing; for everyone else, this is a bad thing.

[Beet]

For those that want Health Care reform, this is a good thing, those that don't want a bad thing.  The only thing to fix is the public option and the millionaire tax and the bill willl be sent to the president.

For insurance and pharmaceutical corporations, this is a good thing; for everyone else, this is a bad thing.

Insurance companies have spent a lot of money lobbying against it.

The truth is it could be better but it's a win for the uninsured, it's a win for efficiency, and it's a win for the democratic system of government, no matter how imperfect.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

The truth is it could be better but it's a win for the uninsured, it's a win for efficiency, and it's a win for the democratic system of government, no matter how imperfect.

Exactly.  We have to do what we can, even if it means only taking small steps.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

The GOP are nay sayers this is a version of the Wyden-Bennett compromise which keeps the employer based health care program.

Not a dramatic reform in the health care system but a reform of the insurance providers.

At least Snowe or Collins should vote to not fillibuster the conference report.