Big Oil Gets To Keep Their Subsidies, thanks to 49 Senators

[garybeck]

if you wanna share this on FB, find 350.org and look in their wall photos. has over 3,400 shares already.

here are the vote results (note it's mostly party line but a few D's voted Nay):

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---51
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bennet (D-CO)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Coons (D-DE)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Hagan (D-NC)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Manchin (D-WV)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---47
Alexander (R-TN)
Ayotte (R-NH)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Begich (D-AK)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Brown (R-MA)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coats (R-IN)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Heller (R-NV)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lee (R-UT)
Lugar (R-IN)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-NE)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Vitter (R-LA)
Webb (D-VA)
Wicker (R-MS)
Not Voting - 2
Hatch (R-UT)
Kirk (R-IL)

[russspeakeasy]

1. A link to the votes would be appreciated..Thanks.

[garybeck]

2. here's some info

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Senate Republicans united to block a Democratic attempt to end roughly $20 billion in federal subsidies to the largest oil and gas companies, in a largely political vote that had little chance of being approved by the divided Senate.

The bill would have affected subsidies paid to BP PLC (BP, BP.LN), Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSA.LN), Chevron Corp. (CVX) and ConocoPhillips (COP).

The Senate voted 51 to 47, mostly along party lines. Even though a majority of senators approved the legislation, it fell short of the 60-vote requirement to pass it.

Four Democrats--Sens. Mark Begich of Alaska, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Jim Webb of Virginia--joined with most Republicans in opposing ending the subsidies. Maine Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe voted with Democrats in supporting banning them.

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/update-us-senate-defeats-bid-to-end-subsidies-to-largest-oil-cos-20120329-01114

[russspeakeasy]

5. Thanks very much.

[notadmblnd]

3. right down party line with the exception of 1

why am I not surprised?

[banned from Kos]

4. I FULLY agree with you! But its only $4 billion a year.

But they should get NOTHING!

Push this!

[garybeck]

7. "Only" ??

wow. how much is a lot?

how much food or medicine could $4B buy?

why do the most profitable companies in the entire world need a single penny of our tax money?

[Politicalboi]

6. How come they didn't need 60?

This is crazy. And the 4 Dem's that folded, are the usual suspects. Get those assholes out of office.