It’ll be a while before we have the final tally as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid intends to hold the vote open so that Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) can return to Washington and vote later tonight.<\/p>\n
Right now it looks like the bill is going to pass there are 57 yes votes with three Democrats (including Brown) left to vote.)<\/p>\n
Erstwhile Republicans Arlen Specter, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe have all voted yes.<\/p>\n
More to come…<\/p>\n
Update<\/strong> (6:52 p.m.): Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) – Aye… They need 2 more reach the 60 votes needed for passage.<\/p>\n Update<\/strong> (8:05 p.m.): It’s all but done… 59 yeas, just waiting on Brown to make it official. I can’t help but think the framers are turning over in their graves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’ll be a while before we have the final tally as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid intends to hold the vote open so that Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) can return to Washington and vote later tonight. 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