Just called offices of Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski and, as a Pennsylvanian,

[cornball 24]

thanked them for their courage in voting against DeVos. I actually got through to real people. I also called Toomey's office and expressed my deep disappointment in his voting for her.

[SHRED]

1. Courage?

I suspect they were given permission to vote this way.

[libtodeath]

7. Yeah,it was all planned cover

That is why they voted it out of committee.

[Freethinker65]

2. Thank them for what??? They let the nomination get a floor vote when they could have stopped it.

[SHRED]

3. Bingo!

All theatrics.

[Rex]

4. They cannot come to the phone, a 3rd of their day is spent begging for money from rich donors.

Another chunk is spending time with lobbyists and special interest groups, a small amount of time in Congress, then right back to begging for money. A sliver for you and I, if they get a chance.

Hell of a way to spend the day.

[brucefan]

5. Courage

My ass

[Rustyeye77]

6. That was a mistake.

[Blue_true]

8. Murkowski and Collins voted to give DeVos a full

Senate vote at a time when they could have killed the nomination completely. They were just posturing in the full Senate vote. You should have called all three to explain that you will do whatever you can to defeat them when they run for reelection.

[cornball 24]

9. Oops! My bad!