Today's Vote

by: elwood

Wed May 20, 2009 at 20:26:25 PM EDT
The roll call is available.

Comparing to the May 6th vote in which the House approved the Senate's tweaks, the votes changed or did not change as shown:

From-To Dem Rep
nv-NV 4 2
nv-N 10 15
nv-Y 21 1
n-NV 1 5
n-N 15 145
n-Y 0 1
y-NV 12 0
y-N 1 3
y-Y 158 4

(NV is 'not voting': excused, not excused, or chairing the session.)

So, reading the chart, in the second row we see that 10 Dems and 15 Republicans went from 'Not Voting' to 'No' comparing May 6th to today.

Some observations below the fold.
  1. Very few votes flipped. Four went from Yes to No, one went from No to Yes. The new language didn't appreciably win converts or alienate supporters.
  2. Supporters picked up 22 supporters from the previous 'Not Voting' group; opponents picked up 25.
  3. 12 Dems went from Yes on May 6th to Not Voting today. That killed it. Among the AWOL: Mayoral candidate Komi and Congressional candidate DeJoie.
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