In SUPPORT of the bankruptcy bill:
18 Democrats
1 Independent
& all 55 Republicans
Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut), who had earlier voted for cloture, ultimately did not support the bill. Hillary Clinton (D-New York), abstained from voting - to accompany President Clinton, who was scheduled for heart surgery.
The following 18 Democrats have FAILED to represent us and no longer deserve our support:
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Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas)
Sen. Mark Pryor(D-Arkansas)
Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colorado)
Sen. Joe Biden (D-Delaware)
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Delaware)
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Florida)
Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Indiana)
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-Lousiana)
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan)
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Montana)
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska)
Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada)
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico)
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota)
Sen. Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota)
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)
Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin)
"The main lobbying forces for the bill- a coalition that included Visa, MasterCard, the American Bankers Association, MBNA America, Capital One, Citicorp, the Ford Motor Credit Company and the General Motors Acceptance Corporation- spent more than $40 million in political fund-raising efforts and many millions more on lobbying efforts since 1989, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan organization that studies the role of money in the political process."
- NYT
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