Several readers have written asking us to post the names of the 15 senators who voted in favor of the Coburn amendment. At Tapscott’s Copy Desk Mark Tapscott conveniently broke down vote by yeas and nays in update II to this post. Here are the Coburn 15, courtesy of Mark:
Allard (R-CO), Allen (R-VA), Bayh (D-IN), Burr (R-NC), Coburn (R-OK), Conrad (D-ND), DeMint (R-SC), DeWine (R-OH), Feingold (D-WI), Graham (R-SC), Kyl (R-AZ), Landrieu (D-LA), Sessions (R-AL)Sununu (R-NH), Vitter (R-LA).
Polipundit notes that Senator George Allen (R-VA) is the only potential Republican presidential contender on that list. Reader L.A. Stich also finds it interesting that John McCain did not vote on the amendment.
Notice: All comments are subject to moderation. Our comments are intended to be a forum for civil discourse bearing on the subject under discussion. Commenters who stray beyond the bounds of civility or employ what we deem gratuitous vulgarity in a comment — including, but not limited to, “s***,” “f***,” “a*******,” or one of their many variants — will be banned without further notice in the sole discretion of the site moderator.