Thursday, September 27, 2007

Hate Crimes Cloture Vote Passes!

Pam's House Blend has the details of the 60-39 vote. The Republicans who voted in favor of the cloture vote were:

John Warner (R-VA)
Richard Lugar
(R-IN)
Susan Collins
(R-ME)
Olympia Snowe
(R-ME)
George Voinovich
(R-OH)
Arlen Specter
(R-PA)
Judd Gregg
(R-NH)
Norm Coleman
(R-MN)
Gordon Smith
(R-OR)
All Democrats and Sanders (I-VT), Lieberman (I-CT) voted in favor of ending debate on whether LGBT individuals should be included in hate crime legislation, which has been attached to the Defense Reauthorization Bill.

UPDATE 9:23pm PDT: I forgot to mention that after the cloture vote, the Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent so the hate crimes bill has now passed both houses of Congress, the first trans-inclusive piece of federal legislation to ever do so. Of course, the current occupant of the Whote House has already annnounced his intention to veto the bill, if it makes it to his desk.

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