Politics As Expected: Senate Kills Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment
The Anti-gay marriage losers tried to spin it as a win.
(From MSNBC):
But ban supporters took solace in the fact that the idea received several new votes from Republican freshmen elected after the amendment received its last vote in 2004.“We’re building votes,” Sen. David Vitter, R-La., a new supporter, said before the vote. “That’s often what’s required over several years to get there, particularly to a two-thirds vote.”
But here’s a little context check on that.
(From the NYT):
Supporters had predicted they would gain votes this year over the last time the issue came up, in 2004, but actually lost one vote for the amendment in a procedural test tally.Wednesday’s 49-48 vote fell 11 short of the 60 required to send the matter for an up-or-down tally. The 2004 vote was 50-48.
*The NYT reports that 7 Republicans voted against the amendment. They forgot to add Joe Lieberman, who also voted against the amendment.
duh.