

The Senate of the United States just voted to table Jim DeMint’s proposed amendment that would prevent cash for cloture compromises.
As you will recall, Ben Nelson was bribed by Harry Reid to vote for the health care bill via targeted earmarks that will only benefit Nebraska.
DeMint asked for the Senate to suspend its rules to consider his amendment, which would prohibit such deals in the future.
Ben Nelson voted against Jim DeMint’s amendment, but when he realized the Democrats already had the votes to kill it, he raced back up to the clerk and changed his vote so the final record shows Nelson sided with DeMint.
Unfortunately for Ben Nelson, I have obtained the actual factual roll call sheet.
You can see it in PDF here.
Go to page two and find Nelson’s name. See the swiggly line through the mark on the left side? That’s the clerk noting that he switched his vote once the other Democrats defeated DeMint’s amendment.
What. A. Tool.
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Read the bill
Daniel Horowitz (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 4:48PM EST (link)Why cant they force the rats to read the 2000 pages before final passage?
sounds like mary landrieu
Stan Olshefski Wednesday, December 23rd at 4:53PM EST (link)she switched her vote dozens of times in the last couple years when her vote no longer mattered.
The mask is off with the abortion/Nebraska bribe...I meant compromise.
RealQuiet (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 4:53PM EST (link)Nelson’s political career is finished.
I prefer: "Husker HUSTLE"
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 5:04PM EST (link)over that other thing they’re calling it…. Just sounds better… or worse… you know what I mean
lol.
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The "Husker Hooker"...
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 5:05PM EST (link)he put all of Tiger’s womens payouts to shame.
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“Liberals, looking to do for? America what they’ve done for? Detroit! which is DESTROY IT!”
“I think, therefore I am Conservative”
“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
Follow @JLenardDetroit
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Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
I hope they are all finished
CarolT (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 5:00PM EST (link)Make them own the bill. Dems own this bill and despite our calls etc they voted for it. Kick as many out as possible. Kirk is a setwarmer for Ted Kennedy, hopefully we’ll get a republican in the seat, Scott Brown. He’ll be 41st republican in senate. Think how upset the libs would be if a republican won the “Kennedy Seat” I hope he wins, January 19, it would mean no more rubber stamps on senate bills.
He could be our last chance to kill it
redtillimdead (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 6:33PM EST (link)If he is elected, it will kill this bill. They can’t pass it without that Dem. Imagine all the swing district Dems, when a Republican wins easily the most Democratic state in the union
Nancy Pelosi can kiss my asstroturf.
Also, the Klansman from WVa is in pretty poor health.
bannedtroll Wednesday, December 23rd at 10:44PM EST (link)Though Dems have always had a knack for turning out the dead vote. Wouldn’t it be poetic for Kennedy’s seat to kill this healthcare “reform” though?
I’m a banned Democrat who came here to promote the idea that Republicans are racists for disliking Barack Obama.
This is great journalism, Erick.
Vassar Bushmills (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 5:04PM EST (link)Keep you friends close, your enemies closer, and your contacts and snitches next to your breast.
Not even your wife should who they are…
….seriously.
We already knew you were a great journalist...
LibRick (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 5:19PM EST (link)and now you show your investigative reporter skills. Looking forward to the day you win a Pulitzer
Or a Nobel.
rec0n Wednesday, December 23rd at 5:20PM EST (link)n/t
That too but...
LibRick (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 6:02PM EST (link)Nobels aren’t near as shiny as they used to be.
is everyone Digging and Facebooking this? links along the bottom of the post! /nt
Veronica (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 5:23PM EST (link)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pray as if everything depends on God, and work as if everything depends on us. – St. Augustine
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Thank you Erick. Opening the pdf made
redneck_hippie (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 5:26PM EST (link)me laugh for the first time all day!
What. A. Tool. Indeed
Erick, you ROCK!
chelseagirl Wednesday, December 23rd at 5:28PM EST (link)…Nelson is toast…Dracula doesn’t like the sunshine ….as for my fellow Texans though, we LOVE the sun. I’d love to see more of these…
It is damned difficult to continue to 'accept' the screw over that we are getting
USNJIMRET (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 5:55PM EST (link)when you see things like this happen.
What I mean is, this one deal, more then all the rest, has been cannon fodder for a lot of people who are just plain fed up with the corruption and back room deals in the Congress.
Nelson and Reid HAD to know that doing something like this was just more fuel for an already big fire.
Lots of people don’t comprehend the minutia of the legislative process, which is a travesty in itself-but subject for a different time, but they DO understand the “trick” of “I voted for it before I voted against it”.
Yet that ‘trick’ is exactly what Nelson did, and the powers in the Dem party let him.
Maybe they are writing him off already?
I wonder if the Omaha papers and TV stations will carry this?
smagar (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 5:55PM EST (link)If they don’t, or if they lowball it, I suggest that we presume—publicly, loudly and often—that they are in the tank.
Perhaps, some Nebraska dead tree newspapers are tottering on the edge of fiscal ruin? If so, this might push them over the edge.
“Who will stand/On either hand/And guard this bridge with me?” (Macaulay)
Mr.Erickson: Send This To Every Press Outlet In Nebraska
Ausonius (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 6:43PM EST (link)and to any border states whose media audience includes Nebraska.
This is the kind of duplicitous disingenuousness which we must stop, obliterate, and annihilate forever and ever.
Ausonius: 310-395 A.D. Teacher, Poet, Consul, General, Farmer.
Personal Tutor to the future St. Paulinus of Nola and to young Gratian, heir to the throne during the turbulent final years of the Western Roman Empire. When his former student Gratian was assassinated, Ausonius threw up his hands and retired to his farm in Gaul. Rome was captured by barbarians 14 years after his death.
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Remember the lesson of Michael Barone's "Macaca Watch"
smagar (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 7:07PM EST (link)This past fall, the WaPo tried to “macaca” VA Governor-elect Bob McDonnell over his college thesis.
Not so fast, said Michael Barone. He started “Macaca Watch” over at the Examiner, and announced that he’d closely follow, and vigorously chronicle, the WaPo’s attempts to pile on McDonnell.
Sunlight is a great disinfectant. Once the WaPo knew they couldn’t pound McDonnell and get away with it, they folded like the cheap liberal suits they are.
Here’s hoping that Barone (or someone else) chronicles the coverage the Nebraska media does—or doesn’t—give this.
“Who will stand/On either hand/And guard this bridge with me?” (Macaulay)
Does anyone have good insight on the Nebraska MSM?
smagar (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 7:09PM EST (link)Who are the influential newspapers in the state, and how do you think they’ll handle the Roll Call Sheet issue?
Just curious…
“Who will stand/On either hand/And guard this bridge with me?” (Macaulay)
Nebraska MSM
Kyle-MI (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 10:09PM EST (link)There are two major papers in the state: the Omaha World Herald and the Lincoln Journal/Star. The Herald use to be a fairly conservative rag, but I think they have slid liberal lately. The Journal/Star is your typical liberal cage liner. I am sure they are praising Nelson on all quarters. Obviously I am not in Nebraska anymore and only see them when visiting relatives. Even then I usually pay more attention to the sports and comic pages.
"Pretty Woman" Nelson shows he gives the client what he wants. Gross.
archer52 Wednesday, December 23rd at 6:03PM EST (link)It is also interesting to see how the other Senators voted. There were a few that seemed to switched over to allow the debate to go forward.
Still, Nelson has to be thinking about retiring and going home with this one in his pocket. There is no other way to think about it, I can’t imagine Nebraska’s people forgetting the “whore” moment.
Wonder if the Minion Media will report Rep. Louise Slaughter has said the Senate should start over?
ColdWarrior (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 6:03PM EST (link)Reported at: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/73493-senior-dem-kill-the-healthcare-bill-and-start-over
(Hat tip to Drudge.)
Thank you.
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Why, CW, of *course* they will. Just like they gave Griffith
eburke (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 6:34PM EST (link)the same wall-to-wall treatment that they gave Snarlin’ Arlen when he defected…I mean, finally showed his true colors
::rolling eyes::
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Every Democrat in the US Senate was the "Sixtieth and Deciding Vote"
rbdwiggins (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 7:57PM EST (link)and is equally guilty of violating the Oath of Office and willful abrogation of their constitutional responsibilities. The final vote on passage of the Reid bill notwithstanding.
There’s no legitimate reason to believe they will honor the Oath when considering any future legislation.
“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” – Ronald Reagan
amen rbd, and I think this is crucial to a winning strategy - ALL dems are culpable, not just
Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 8:19PM EST (link)the few that got favors near the end. Take Webb, who seems to indicate that he will vote against the bill, but was for cloture all along. He must not get a pass on this.
Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson
No Democrat gets a pass...
rbdwiggins (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 9:15PM EST (link)Unless they voted for Sarah Palin, or openly support the US Constitution and work to retire the Democrat majority for the 112th Congress.
“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” – Ronald Reagan
Byrd?
Alone_in_the_Dotte Wednesday, December 23rd at 9:18PM EST (link)At the risk of being insensitive, is Byrd really in any condition to vote? Is someone pulling his strings?
Byrd is being propped up in the Senate
Scope (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 9:41PM EST (link)literally. I would hope that any rational Republican will take a video/audio recorder to use for future history. He was recently hospitalized, God help him, but, they test sports players for drugs. The Dems will get the last inch out of him. Nuff said.
^^^It will be "Weekend at Bernie's", US Senate style
bannedtroll Wednesday, December 23rd at 10:55PM EST (link)And if not – what’s he got to lose? He’ll be long dead before this bill has the chance to kill him.
I’m a banned Democrat who came here to promote the idea that Republicans are racists for disliking Barack Obama.
Nelson will vote against passage tomorrow.
NightTwister (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 9:21PM EST (link)Along with probably 5 other Democrats. They’ll all suddenly realize that there was an accounting error and it will raise the deficit. They won’t be able to in good conscience vote for final passage.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill
No possible way
Scope (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 9:34PM EST (link)they are Democrats, they are beholden, they march to the music that is played for them. They may have had qualms with the new CBO report, they may have qualms because it may be that Stupak in the House is making noise, but, they are loyal Democrats. They will not be the ones blamed for this bill dying. No possible way.
Nice Fantasy: I Hope You Are Right, But Nelson Voting "NO" Seems Like A Fantasy
Ausonius (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 9:36PM EST (link)And 5 others?
I would like to believe it…
Any inside proof?
Ausonius: 310-395 A.D. Teacher, Poet, Consul, General, Farmer.
Personal Tutor to the future St. Paulinus of Nola and to young Gratian, heir to the throne during the turbulent final years of the Western Roman Empire. When his former student Gratian was assassinated, Ausonius threw up his hands and retired to his farm in Gaul. Rome was captured by barbarians 14 years after his death.
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I'll have what he's having.
redneck_hippie (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 9:41PM EST (link)Cheesy reference to the restaurant scene in When Harry Met Sally.
Seriously, I sure wish I could believe you.
Merry Christmas, NightTwister.
Never mind, I forgot it's a simple majority vote. nt
redneck_hippie (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 9:42PM EST (link)Merry Christmas to you too, redneck.
NightTwister (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 9:45PM EST (link)The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill
exactly, there is NO NEED for all of them to remain in the Yes column
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 9:47PM EST (link)and some of them will backtrack as they lay the Duplicity Votes game groundwork… Unfortunately, there are still some folks out there dumb enough to fall for it during Campaigns.
The REAL VOTE that matters was/is all the Cloture Votes that ALLOWED it to make Final Vote. PERIOD!!! Those are the Votes that people must be called on and held accountable for going forward.
Regards from NoMoTown (the MOTORlessCITY)
“Liberals, looking to do for? America what they’ve done for? Detroit! which is DESTROY IT!”
“I think, therefore I am Conservative”
“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
Follow @JLenardDetroit
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I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
They only need 50 votes tomorrow.
NightTwister (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 9:43PM EST (link)I wouldn’t be surprised to see some of them bail when it doesn’t matter.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill
with Biden in Reserve to provide cover for 1 if need be...
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Thursday, December 24th at 4:55AM EST (link)They can indeed lose 10 of the 60 they had, providing them duplicity cover, while Biden could/would then be able to provide that tie-breaker Vote if really needed. They will most likely lose 4-8 as 6 did NOT attend (Byrd, Nelson, Lieberman, Landrieu, Lincoln, and one other) the Reid “I shoved it down your throats America – so there – victory Press Conference. I’m sure they’d rather not have the embarassment (more ways than one) of having to pull Biden into it as the MSM would have little way of spinning that as ‘not having trouble’ hanging on to get the 51.
Regards from NoMoTown (the MOTORlessCITY)
“Liberals, looking to do for? America what they’ve done for? Detroit! which is DESTROY IT!”
“I think, therefore I am Conservative”
“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
Follow @JLenardDetroit
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Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
Well, whaddya know.
NightTwister (Diary) Thursday, December 24th at 8:52AM EST (link)All 60 of them decided to own it to the end. A nice Christmas present for us for next year’s election cycle.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill
Clotures didn't surprise me, but this one did...
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Thursday, December 24th at 2:01PM EST (link)I fully expected they would get them in line for Clotures but that NONE of them didn’t drop off is a REAL surprise to me (and I have no problem admitting that) as we’ve seen that bad/tired Movie script recast so many times. They must have gotten some assurances from ACORN that full on fraud will be in place for them all in 2010 to attempt to hold their seats for hanging in. PLUS, as still not all Cabinet posts in the Administration have been filled – I think some of those posts are purposefully being held in reserve for a few they know are going to be beaten (even with ACORN fraud) and that they have a spot awaiting them in some shape or form.
We do have one we can point to as duplicitous, unfortunately that would be SNOWE!!!! She provided cover before and lands up as the sole example (in this case) of what we expected we’d see from some Democrats wanting to have it both ways.
Regards from NoMoTown (the MOTORlessCITY)
“Liberals, looking to do for? America what they’ve done for? Detroit! which is DESTROY IT!”
“I think, therefore I am Conservative”
“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
Follow @JLenardDetroit
(RS:Help) (JLD) (Hollyweird) (Brain-deads) (SPIN-cycle) (Obamaocare) (Party of kNOw) (Conservatism) (TEApeats) (respectful) (message) (Warning: Children Will Die!!)
Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
plus, they worked so hard for their Vote Bribes...
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Thursday, December 24th at 2:09PM EST (link)they were probably told their promised Bribes would DRY UP (vanish in Conference) if their Vote switched!?!?!
Regards from NoMoTown (the MOTORlessCITY)
“Liberals, looking to do for? America what they’ve done for? Detroit! which is DESTROY IT!”
“I think, therefore I am Conservative”
“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
Follow @JLenardDetroit
(RS:Help) (JLD) (Hollyweird) (Brain-deads) (SPIN-cycle) (Obamaocare) (Party of kNOw) (Conservatism) (TEApeats) (respectful) (message) (Warning: Children Will Die!!)
Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
JLenard, yes I wondered about that....
penguin2 (Diary) Thursday, December 24th at 2:10PM EST (link)Each and every one was the 60th vote. The irony in it for our side, it was the Dems that were willing to stand up and say, “I’m Spartacus.”
Shouldn’t that have been our battle cry?
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. – Benjamin Franklin
When Good stands up to Evil, Evil blinks. – Vassar Bushmills
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The only way we win tomorrow's vote is if Obama stays in town and intereceeds.
SoFiMil (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 9:51PM EST (link)Come on, Barack. You killed the Copenhagen bill. You can still scuttle HCR with your very presence. Just come on down to the Captiol tomorrow morning.
www.suvstrategery.blogspot.com
Okay so now what are the good men supposed to do now?
avgamerican (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 9:55PM EST (link)What does someone like DeMint do now when he is being sabotaged by people like Nelson. Are there enough good men left to prevent the tyrannical majority from stomping out the last light?
Do not go gentle into that good night,
cwilson (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 11:01PM EST (link)Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
–Dylan Thomas
In short, fight till the very end, and then some. No cutting deals to scoot home 14 hours earlier than absolutely necessary.
Object to every motion.
Call for a quorum every 15 minutes (if I remember Roberts Rule’s, a quorum once counted can not be assumed to remain, unless the Sergeant at Arms physically locks the doors prior to the head count).
FIGHT.
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom — go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! –Samuel Adams
We can send the Dems an appropriate gift.
GregInFla (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 11:28PM EST (link)I just saw Talking Points on O’Reilly Factor tonight. Monica Crowley termed Obamacare just like fruitcake, in that it is something the giver thinks the recipient will enjoy greatly, but that the recipient does not want. So, I propose that we all order fruitcake to be sent to each Democrat that voted for this bill. We need to find the cheapest fruitcake on the net and send plenty of orders of fruitcake to their offices. Anyone with me? This is similar to the pork rinds send to Schumer and the balls sent to McConnell.
– A true evolutionist would let endangered species die off. Think about it.
– The sign outside the courthouse said no signs allowed. So I took it down.
– Atlas Shrugged is now on the non-fiction aisle at Amazon.
Fruitcake at Amazon.. $12 shipped
GregInFla (Diary) Wednesday, December 23rd at 11:29PM EST (link)FRUIT CAKE Boxed – 1 lb Dark Recipe Claxton Fruitcake
– A true evolutionist would let endangered species die off. Think about it.
– The sign outside the courthouse said no signs allowed. So I took it down.
– Atlas Shrugged is now on the non-fiction aisle at Amazon.