Illegal Immigration Watch: Kill the Bill S. 1639 Part 3 – Breaking Down The Senate Vote

First Read has the breakdown of votes on cloture for Senate Bill 1639, the Shamnesty Illegal Immigration bill:

The Presidential candidates: All of the Democratic candidates voted YES. McCain, who was part of the bipartisan coalition that crafted and supported the bill, also voted YES. Brownback’s initial vote was YES, but later, probably when the outcome was clear, switched to NO.

Senators up for reelection in 2008: On the Democratic side, all the blue state senators voted YES (Biden, Durbin, Kerry, Lautenberg, Levin, Reed). But those Democrats running in red or purples states voted NO (Baucus, Harkin, Landrieu, Pryor, Rockefeller).

Most of the Republican senators up for re-election this cycle voted NO (Alexander, Allard, Chambliss, Cochran, Coleman, Collins, Cornyn, Dole, Domenici, Enzi, Inhofe, McConnell, Roberts, Sessions, Smith, Stevens, Sununu, Warner). The exceptions, with YES votes, were Craig, Hagel, and Graham (who is one of the original and most vocal coalition members that wrote the bill).

Senate Leadership: The Republican leadership was split. GOP Leader McConnell, who’s also up for re-election, voted NO. (He had voted YES on another procedural vote earlier this week.) McConnell was joined by Texas Sens. Hutchison and Cornyn, as well as Ensign, who’s responsible for running the GOP senate campaigns this cycle. Lott and Kyl split with the leadership and voted YES.

All the members of the Democratic Leadership stuck together with YES votes: Reid, Durbin, Murray, and Schumer.

Presidential candidates
Democrats voting YES: (all of them) Clinton, Obama, Biden, Dodd
Republicans voting YES: McCain
Republican voting NO: Brownback (originally “yes” but switched)

Senators up for reelection in 2008
Democrats voting Yes:
Biden, Durbin, Kerry, Lautenberg, Levin, Reed
Democrats voting NO:
Baucus, Harkin, Landrieu, Pryor, Rockefeller

Republicans voting YES:
Craig, Graham, and Hagel
Republicans voting NO:
Alexander, Allard, Chambliss, Cochran, Colman, Collins, Cornyn, Dole, Domenici, Enzi, Inhofe, McConnell, Roberts, Sessions, Smith, Stevens, Sununu, Warner

Party Switchers
Democrats voting NO:
Baucus, Bayh, Bingaman, Brown, Byrd, Dorgan, Harkin, Landrieu, McCaskill, Pryor, Rockefeller, Sanders, Stabenow, Tester, and Webb.

Republicans voting YES:
Bennett, Craig, Graham, Gregg, Hagel, Kyl, Lott, Lugar, Martinez, McCain, Snowe, and Specter.

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The Democrats run for cover while conservatives measure up primary GOP challenges to turn-coat Senators.

The Biggest Loser: Ted Kennedy

The biggest GOP LOSER: John McCain

The biggest Switcher: Sam Brownback

The Biggest Winners: Romney, Giuliani and Fred Thompson

Stay tuned……

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