In case you hadn't heard, the Senate passed a cloture motion on S.Amdt.570, the Senate Amendment to H.R.1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (stimulus bill).
Senate Vote count:
61 yea
26 nay
2 not voting
Party line (Dems and Independents voting Yea, GOP voting Nay, with following exceptions:
Collins (R-ME) Yea
Cornyn (R-TX) Not voting
Gregg (R-NH) Not voting * Note - this is Obama's pic for Secretary of Commerce!
Snowe (R-ME) Yea
Specter (R-Me) Yea
Note that the Senate will vote on the bill proper sometime Tuesday.
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