Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:09:26 -0600 Subject: Specifically, who blew it on today's vote From: Kate Hale <halecl@uwec.edu> Message-ID: <BE5E0AB6.3382%halecl@uwec.edu>
Below is the word from Daily Kosand therešs a good post overall on this
vote and what to do next.
See the whole thing at
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/16/143634/267
Landrieu (D-LA) , Akaka (D-HA), and Inouye (D-HA) (none / 1)
It's these three Democrats that blew it on this bill.
Seven Republicans, including even some fairly conservative senators, like
Norm Coleman of Minnesota, Mike DeWine of Ohio, and Gordon Smith of Oregon,
voted against drilling.
It was key Democrats here that in the end opened the way to drilling in the
ANWR.
Apparently the three Dems were quite aggrieved by gas prices, or something.
Somebody has to find a way to reason with these three Democratic Senators.
Democratic leaders can't lose such key votes in their own caucus and hope t
o
win this.