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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 07:20 PM
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Senate passes 'Cash for Clunkers' funding extension. Vote was 60-37.
Edited on Thu Aug-06-09 07:23 PM by jefferson_dem
Senate passes 'Cash for Clunkers' funding extension
Posted: August 6th, 2009 08:21 PM ET

WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Senate voted Thursday night to extend the "Cash for Clunkers" program with an infusion of $2 billion.

White House aides said earlier that President Barack Obama will quickly sign the bill into law to prevent any interruption to the popular incentive.

The Senate voted 60-37 to approve the measure already passed by the House.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/06/senate-passes-cash-for-clunkers-funding-extension/
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skipos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 07:23 PM
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1. So the 37 were probably all the Repubs minus Collins and Snowe
I'd be interested in the roll call.
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DrToast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 07:35 PM
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4. Roll Call here
Edited on Thu Aug-06-09 07:44 PM by DrToast
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00269

Looks like 3 Republicans other than Snowe & Collins. (Brownback, Bond, and Voinovich)

McCaskill & Nelson voting No.
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 07:04 PM
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7. She probably was too busy twitting to notice a vote
Edited on Fri Aug-07-09 07:06 PM by question everything
Of course, she also voted against the stimulus package.

I do hope that the President will not campaign for her.


And isn't it interesting that the Republican senator from Missouri - Bond - voted YES?
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DrToast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 08:30 PM
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11. MO is a big auto production state
I'm more surprised she voted against it than I am Bond voted for it.
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TomCADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-08-09 06:10 PM
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13. Foreign Automakers Are In Missouri
If the domestic automakers go out of business, then the foreign automakers with plants in the South might benefit.
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DrToast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-08-09 09:42 PM
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14. How does this relate to my post?
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 07:25 PM
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2. Huge win day for Obama as Senate passes two important tests
:thumbsup:
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 07:26 PM
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3. Cool...
My co-worker can get his new Fit now! Coolness...
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NecklyTyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 06:57 PM
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5. This should have been the very first thing they did with stimulus money
Of course the Bush Administration would have wanted to spend stimulus money on the defense companies to replace klunker weapon systems.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 07:01 PM
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6. Good. Healthcare will be closer, but it will pass as well.
Republicans are fools.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 07:06 PM
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8. Yay...my friend today was asking whether
any parts were available on the clunkers after the gov paid the cash?
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badgerpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 07:39 PM
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9. I LOVE how Professor Lee Papa...
...aka The Rude Pundit http://www.rudepundit.blogspot.com describes the GOP reaction to the success of the Cash-For-Clunkers program on the Stephanie Miller show (scroll down to 8/3):

It's like they've been given gift certificates for blowjobs at the local brothel...and they're complaining that they're going to be sore."
:rofl:

I do love me some Rude Pundit...:loveya:
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 07:43 PM
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10. Rude's name is
Lee Papa?
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badgerpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-08-09 03:21 PM
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12. PROFESSOR Lee Papa..
:hi:
I feel the dude deserves some respect. He's got some serious scolastic chops (and quite the curriculum vitae), besides being The Rude Pundit we all know and admire...

Too lazy to go look up where I found this a couple years ago...but it might be on google...
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