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Originally posted by Kadath
The Senate approved the $87 billion aid package. By a voice vote. The vote went FIVE TO ONE. NINETY-FOUR ABSTENTIONS.
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5+47 vs 1 +47
52 to 48 margin. Looks like strictly party line vote.
There are 51 Republican and 48 Democratic Senators, and there is Jim Jeffords, the loner. Senators would not have abstained without finding a matching opponent. Politicians are covering their ass. What else is new.