Thursday, February 05, 2009

GOOD NEWS - SCHIP BILL PASSES

The GOP obstructionists in the Senate couldn't stop the expansion of health care coverage for children and that means another FAIL for Mark Levin, who urged his listeners to call and urge their senator to stop the bill.

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 1st Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary
Question: On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 2 as Amended )
Vote Number: 31Vote Date: January 29, 2009, 08:57 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2Vote Result: Bill Passed
Measure Number: H.R. 2 (Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 )
Measure Title: A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
Vote Counts:YEAs66

NAYs32

Not Voting1

Here are the troglodytes who went along with Levin:

NAYs ---32
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)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Wicker (R-MS)

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