Vote in Senate on Jobs Bill

[Casino67]

U.S.Senate :

Can anyone explain how this bill passed with only 48 yeas? Did they catch everyone off guard? 27 not voting? Don't understand the Senate rules.
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XML U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 2nd Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Motion (Motion to Instruct the Sergeant at Arms )
Vote Number: 241 Vote Date: September 27, 2010, 07:05 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Motion Agreed to
Measure Number: S. 3816 (Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act )
Measure Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create American jobs and to prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas.
Vote Counts: YEAs 48
NAYs 25
Not Voting 27

[Argyle58]

U.S.Senate :

 

Can anyone explain how this bill passed with only 48 yeas? Did they catch everyone off guard? 27 not voting? Don't understand the Senate rules.

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XML U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 2nd Session

 

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

 

Vote Summary

 

Question: On the Motion (Motion to Instruct the Sergeant at Arms )

Vote Number: 241 Vote Date: September 27, 2010, 07:05 PM

Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Motion Agreed to

Measure Number: S. 3816 (Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act )

Measure Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create American jobs and to prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas.

Vote Counts: YEAs 48

NAYs 25

Not Voting 27

 

With 27 abstaining, 48 "Yea's" constitutes a super majority of 66%.....enough to pass any piece of legislation.

[Casino67]

U.S.Senate :

 

Can anyone explain how this bill passed with only 48 yeas? Did they catch everyone off guard? 27 not voting? Don't understand the Senate rules.

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XML U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 2nd Session

 

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

 

Vote Summary

 

Question: On the Motion (Motion to Instruct the Sergeant at Arms )

Vote Number: 241 Vote Date: September 27, 2010, 07:05 PM

Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Motion Agreed to

Measure Number: S. 3816 (Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act )

Measure Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create American jobs and to prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas.

Vote Counts: YEAs 48

NAYs 25

Not Voting 27

 

With 27 abstaining, 48 "Yea's" constitutes a super majority of 66%.....enough to pass any piece of legislation.

 

Got it. Tks.

[Rheo]

Here is the not voting list:

 

Not Voting - 27

Bayh (D-IN)

Bunning (R-KY)

Carper (D-DE)

Chambliss (R-GA)

Conrad (D-ND)

Cornyn (R-TX)

Crapo (R-ID)

DeMint (R-SC)

Dodd (D-CT)

Dorgan (D-ND)

Enzi (R-WY)

Graham (R-SC)

Hagan (D-NC)

Hatch (R-UT)

Hutchison (R-TX)

Isakson (R-GA)

Kerry (D-MA)

Kyl (R-AZ)

Lincoln (D-AR)

Menendez (D-NJ)

Mikulski (D-MD)

Murkowski (R-AK)

Murray (D-WA)

Nelson (D-FL)

Risch (R-ID)

Shaheen (D-NH)

Thune (R-SD)

[Rheo]

Nays:

 

NAYs ---25

Alexander (R-TN)

Barrasso (R-WY)

Bennett (R-UT)

Bond (R-MO)

Brownback (R-KS)

Burr (R-NC)

Coburn (R-OK)

Cochran (R-MS)

Collins (R-ME)

Corker (R-TN)

Grassley (R-IA)

Gregg (R-NH)

Inhofe (R-OK)

Johanns (R-NE)

LeMieux (R-FL)

Lugar (R-IN)

McCain (R-AZ)

McConnell (R-KY)

Roberts (R-KS)

Sessions (R-AL)

Shelby (R-AL)

Snowe (R-ME)

Vitter (R-LA)

Voinovich (R-OH)

Wicker (R-MS)

 

Scott Brown and Ensign voted Yay