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Previous: 700 Club Bigotry - 05/19/2005 @ 03:29 PM
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It may be, but I'll believe it when I see it.
These are official finds through the press or the senators offices. These are not speculation. It looks like the bill is DEAD. This should be forwarded to the news agencies. Let them start talking about it.

34 confirmed:

Boxer
Breaux
Carper
Chafee (R)
Clinton
Collins (R)
Corzine
Daschle
Dodd
Edwards
Feinstein
Fiengold
Graham
Hagel (R)
Jeffords
Kennedy
Kerry
Lautenburg
Leahy
Lieberman
Lugar (R)
McCain (R)
Murray
Nelson
Schumer
Snowe (R)
Campbell (R)
Durbin
Wyden
Cantwell
Reid
Alexander (R)
Bingaman
Lincoln

UPDATE - 2/27 @ 11:15 AM:
More here
Also, OxBlog has more good news.
The List ("for" = supports the FMA; "against" = opposed to FMA; hyperlinks take you to evidence of the Senator's position on the FMA; non-hyperlinked statements are based on constituent communication)

(1) Chris Dodd (D-CT): against
(2) Wayne Allard (R-CO): for
(3) Sam Brownback (R-KS): for
(4) Jim Bunning (R-KY): for
(5) Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL): for
(6) Jim Inhofe (R-OK): for
(7) Zell Miller (D-GA): for
(8) Rick Santorum (R-PA): for
(9) Jeff Sessions (R-AL): for
(10) Richard Shelby (R-AL): for
(11) Barbara Boxer (D-CA): against
(12) Lincoln Chafee (R-RI): against (link in PDF)
(13) John Cornyn (R-TX): for (?)
(14) Jon Corzine (D-NJ): against
(15) Pete Domenici (R-NM): for
(16) Norm Coleman (R-MN): for
(17) Patrick Leahy (D-VT): against
(18) Mitch McConnell (R-KY): for
(19) Patty Murray (D-WA): against
(20) Olympia Snowe (R-ME): cop-out
(21) Jim Talent (R-MO): for
(22) John Kerry (D-MA): against (from his presidential campaign site)
(23) John Edwards (D-NC): against (from his presidential campaign site)
(24) Edward Kennedy (D-MA): against
(25) Debbie Stabenow (D-MI): against
(26) Christopher Bond (R-MO): for (?)
(27) Tom Daschle (D-SD): against
(28) Tim Johnson (D-SD): against
(29) Pat Roberts (R-KS): for
(30) Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX): for
(31) Dick Durbin (D-IL): against
(32) Mark Pryor (D-AR): against
(33) Jon Kyl (R-AZ): for
(34) Bill Frist (R-TN): for
(35) Ron Wyden (D-OR): against
(36) Gordon Smith (R-OR): for
(37) Maria Cantwell (D-WA): against
(38) John Breaux (D-LA): against
(39) Mary Landrieu (D-LA): cop-out
(40) Bob Graham (D-FL): against
(41) Thomas Carper (D-DE): against
(42) Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY): against
(43) Charles Schumer (D-NY): against
(44) James Jeffords (I-VT): against
(45) Mike DeWine (R-OH): undecided
(46) George Voinovich (R-OH): undecided
(47) Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO): against (?)
(48) Conrad Burns (R-MT): for
(49) Susan Collins (R-ME): against
(50) Elizabeth Dole (R-NC): for
(51) Lindsey Graham (R-SC): for
(52) Fritz Hollings (D-SC): cop-out
(53) Trent Lott (R-MS): for
(54) Thad Cochran (R-MS): for
(55) Lamar Alexander (R-TN): against
(56) Saxby Chambliss (R-GA): for
(57) Ben Nelson (D-NE): against
(58) Chuck Hagel (R-NE): against
(59) Orrin Hatch (R-UT): for
(60) John Ensign (R-NV): for
(61) Harry Reid (D-NV): against
(62) Joe Biden (D-DE): against
(63) Russ Feingold (D-WI): against
(64) John McCain (R-AZ): against
(65) Evan Bayh (D-IN): against, for now (audio link: listen to "GOP Lawmakers Begin Push for Gay Marriage Ban"; Bayh speaks about 3 min and 14 sec in)
(66) Blanche Lincoln (D-AR): against
(67) Bob Bennett (R-UT): undecided
(68) Tom Harkin (D-IA): against
(69) Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ): against
(70) Charles Grassley (R-IA): cop-out
(71) Jeff Bingaman (D-NM): against
(72) Dianne Feinstein (D-CA): against
(73) Arlen Specter (R-PA): cop-out
(74) Max Baucus (D-MT): against
(75) Kent Conrad (D-ND): against
(76) Richard Lugar (R-IN): undecided
(77) George Allen (R-VA): for
(78) Mark Dayton (D-MN): opposed
(79) Joe Lieberman (D-CT): opposed
(80) Paul Sarbanes (D-MD): against
(81) Barbara Mikulski (D-MD): cop-out
(82) John Sununu (R-NH): cop-out
(83) Judd Gregg (R-NH): cop-out


Running Tally
Democrats against: 36
Republicans against: 5
Independent against: 1
Total against: 42

Republicans for: 28
Democrats for: 1
Total for: 29

Cop-outs: 8

Undecideds: 4
Note: a list of which Senators we're still missing can be found here.This is looking really, really good. Keep checking those sites out, as I'm sure they'll have constantly running tallies.
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