HELP US RECORD IT: Valor vs. Treachery on the Senate Floor

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EDIT as of 2pm, 2/6/2020: I have to take a break from this project to fix some software I wrote for my son for his job as a teacher. AND my hubby's computer won't boot and our favorite fixit place has closed. I hope to get back to this senators project in a day or so.

Update: A neighbor put us on to a new repair guy who is going to replace the hard drive with a solid state drive, clone it (it wasn't totally dead) and get it done in 3 HOURS!!! for only $165. Boy, have hardware prices dropped in the last 10 years! I'm ecstatic because I've avoided a total crash which would have required restoring from backup and re-installing everything that I could find the installation for.

Still can't work on this senators project cuz I have to share my computer with hubby and fix son's application.
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I have a spread sheet prepared to record the reasons for senators' votes. I can't watch all (or even most) of their speeches. But if you all would record the senators you see, we could get a complete count. Put the senator's name in the subject, and the numbers of their reasons in the body. If a new reason comes up, describe it and give it the next available number. I'll edit this OP accordingly. Obviously more than one number could apply to a senator. E.g. 6 and 7.

Actually, if any Democrat does NOT support one of the articles, would you highlight that?

When this is over, I'll put the spreadsheet in DropBox (or any other mechanism anyone wants to suggest that I can get it) and I'll convert it to text and post it here.

Thanks to Mersky for this link which lets you watch AND read transcripts.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?468927-1/senators-speak-ahead-wednesdays-impeachment-trial-vote&live=&vod=&start=1484


tia
las

Nays
1 He was wrong, but it didn't rise to impeachable (Alexander).
2 He was wrong, but it's not worth it to prolong the trial when the conclusion is known (Murkowski).
3 He cared about general corruption in Ukraine. He did nothing wrong.
4 He was wrong, but the House process was flawed because they didn't go to court.
9 Either he was innocent or no mention of guilt or innocence, but the House process was flawed because they didn't go to court, etc.
5 It met the standards of impeachment, but removing from office is not in the best interests of the country.

Yeas
6 Emphasis on article 1, abuse of power.
7 Emphasis on article 2, obstruction of congress.

Nay - 8 He believed his election would be the best thing for the country, so what he did wasn't wrong.