At the last minute several Senators made what they judged to be an expedient choice, and voted "Yes". Senator Clinton abstained due to her husband's surgery. I'll defer to others to capture the ridiculousness of today's vote in their ventings, and perhaps quote some of them here.
We knew that it was late enough that we probably wouldn't be able to affect the Senate vote - we knew that this was more about Taking Names than Kicking Ass. Gear up for the next step. At this point there looks to be more reward in targeting the media than targeting the House, but both should be done.
The media, the house, the committee, and the President. Feel free to suggest ideas.
Update: Here's the roll call.
Posted by tunesmith at March 10, 2005 03:43 PM
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Not Voting= Hillary
tunesmith, can we have a list of traitors with all 75 names?
Maybe a list of traitors of the dmeocrats in the making who signed the letter to Speaker Hastert encouraging a quick vote in the House?
Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher
Rep. Adam Smith
Rep. Ron Kind
Rep. Artur Davis
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy
Rep. John Larson
Rep. Stephanie Herseth
Rep. Dennis Moore
Rep. Mike McIntyre
Rep. Joe Crowley
Rep. Jay Israel
Rep. David Wu
Rep. Diane Hooley
Rep. Melissa Bean
Rep. Jim Davis
Rep. Harold E. Ford, Jr.
Rep. Ed Case
Rep. Jay Inslee
Rep. Shelley Berkeley
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks
Or maybe another name for them Corporate whores or pro-servitude, something catchy in case the media picks it up.
Since this is bipartisan I guess we would need republicans names as well.
Posted by: Tiberius at March 10, 2005 04:52 PM
Hillary was at the hospital with Bill today.
"His wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and daughter, Chelsea, were with him and were said to be elated by the successful surgery and a prognosis from one of his surgeons for an "even better than a full recovery."
Posted by: The Composter at March 10, 2005 05:04 PM
It still has to get through the House and while it's always harder to stop something in that autocratic body, we shouldn't stop trying.
Posted by: kainah at March 10, 2005 08:20 PM
I am guessing this bill will be law, so what's the next step? Why not try defunding? I plan to cancel all my current cards the day this obscenity becomes law and then limit my use as completely as I can (and I think money and checks will still work in many places). Make it a bitter victory for the industry.
Posted by: arkady at March 10, 2005 08:52 PM
Whats next, Debetors Prison, Indentured servants?
Posted by: Gene Herbert at March 11, 2005 06:51 AM
It would have been nice to have had the Senators actually read the proposed legislation. Feingold appears to have understood it; 99 other senators it seems haven't got a clue. If you read it you will see that its purposes go well beyond the simple aim of making straight discharge of indebtedness more difficult to obtain. The barbs and snairs of this legislation are far more insideous than the public AND THE SENATE have been LEAD to understand. You will see that every effort has been made to destroy the practice of bankruptcy law, that is to say, to deprive debtors of legal counsel and it may in fact render Chapter 13, that chapter under which people repay, effectively impossible since no or very few attorneys would represent debtors in such cases, it being now nearly impossible for the attorneys to get paid anything for it.
Posted by: George at March 11, 2005 08:40 AM
1. Clinton should have made that vote even with her husband in the hospital. She's a senator, not a substitute teacher. Go to work - fly back to sit in the hospital waiting room. And if the surgery wasn't an emergency, then they should have scheduled it around this vote. She didn't want to vote.
2. Although chances of the bill not becoming law are slim, it's a mistake to give up now. We need a march on Washington some time in the next month to shame the House and, if necessary, BushCo when he signs the bill. If the action is big enough and gets enough press, then there's a chance he'll veto it. At the very least we can turn this into an embarrassment for the administration and for the Dems who collaborated with them. I can't organize a protest march, but I can get down to DC for one. Who can organize a march? NAACP? Women's groups? A flippin' UNION????? Someone has to do something. It really isn't too late to win on points with this issue.
Posted by: eRobin at March 11, 2005 09:13 AM
Nevada is 4th in the nation on the Household's per filing list.
The Bankruptcy bill was the easiest fight the Democrats could have.
Joe Lieberman and Chris Dodd voted NO.
By voting yes, Harry Reid, has enabled any Democrat who voted yes to say "I was just followin' orders from the boss."
Dick Durbin (minority whip) voted NO.
Grassroots from BOTH PARTIES hated this bill.
This bill disenfranchises those whom the Democrats BY DEFINITION should be defending, the poor and misfortunate.
By voting yes on this bill Harry Reid has slapped any and all pregressive democrats in the face.
However, look around the left side of the blogosphere... Silence. Crickets. Nothing from the so called crusaders for justice.
Ignoring this vote is toeing the line.
Shame on you all.
Posted by: media in trouble at March 11, 2005 11:12 AM
This is the bill where we will have it finally proved to us that money rules it all... no mater how hard we all scream about this it is going to pass and bush will sign it... it will not matter if some of these people lose their seats over it... the power money does not care who has the seat as long as they can pay for it... money talks and walks the rest of us are just howling in the wind... do not get me wrong, I will keep howling ... but this one is going to pass... big money wants it very bad... and they will get it... this is not red or blue this is green... and we lose ... all of us...
Posted by: Al Hill at March 12, 2005 09:36 AM
Here is the roll call.
Yea = Credit Card Industry Whore
Nay = Decent Human Being
Not Voting = WTF?
Posted by: The Composter at March 10, 2005 04:46 PM