Senate vote on worker overtime pay is on CSPAN2 now.

[Bozita]

last minutes of debate ongoing.

http://www.c-span.org/watch/index.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2&ShowVidDays=30&ShowVidDesc=

[Bozita]

1. calling the roll

now

[ikojo]

2. I don't have cable and the graphic on

c-span.org is quite small...how is it going?...As a worker I am nervous.....

[Bozita]

3. straight party line voting so far

Jeffords(I) voted with the dems

[ikojo]

5. So working people are being screwed? n/t

[liberalnurse]

4. I'm nervous as HELL!!!!

My life is passing before me!!!!! If I don't have my overtime cash, I can't pay for school!!!!!

I'm fucked!

[liberalnurse]

7. I know my 2 repuke Senators,

DeWine and Voinovich will vote No.....

Update...I knew it, they both voted NO.....

[ikojo]

8. The two Senators from Missouri

Talent(less) and Bond will also vote on the side of big business

[GinaMaria]

6. Illinois Duers

contact Fitzgerald (fitzpuppet) He's supposed to be swing voter if enough people contact him.

On edit: Here's my email

Dear Senator,
As a licenced nurse in Illinois I strongly urge you not to take away overtime pay for workers. In addition to the emotionally exhausting work involved in caring for the ill, it is also physically exhausting work. Overtime pay helps prevent a further shortage of nurses in our state.

[Bozita]

9. Patty Murray voted with the Dems. Is she a Rep?

[RichV]

10. No, she's a Dem

Sen. Campbell (R-CO) voted with the Dems..

[JI7]

12. no, she is a democrat

and i think she is pretty liberal.

[RichV]

13. Murkowski (R-AK)

also just voted with the Dems. Interesting. Both she and Campbell are up for reelection next year...

[ShaneGR]

23. Yeah, Tony Knowles is gonna rock her world

Stick a fork in her.... Tony will crush her.

[ikojo]

11. Did all the Senators show up to vote?

What about Lieberman?

How did Zell Miller vote?

[Rose Siding]

14. Are the four Sen candidates there?

Will we need those votes?

[RichV]

17. They're all there, supposedly

Though I've missed part of this.

[ikojo]

18. EVERY vote in support of working people is needed

I hope those candidates are present today (unlike Gephardt on July 10 when a similar vote came before the House of "Representatives."

Still mad about that.....

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Bozita]

15. Murkowsli (R-Al) voted with the dems

Snowe too.

[ShaneGR]

25. correction

AL=Alabama
AK=Alaska
AR=Arkansas

[liberalnurse]

16. Snow voted with the dems...

That makes 2 repukes crossing over .....I think....

Update...Spector from Pa. he crossed over too.

[AWD]

21. Specter votes with Dems

This one's in our column, folks....we stopped them.

[RichV]

At least four so far.

Snowe
Chaffee
Campbell
Murkowski

Are all R's so far I've noticed voting with the Dems. So at least four.

Fitzgerald (R-IL) voted against, surprisingly.

And Kerry just voted..

[jayfish]

19. The Sad Part About This Is That....

no one knows about it. I have seen, maybe, two short mentions about it the mainstream media since it came up. Fortunately it does not make a difference to me, but to those who will be affected it can be devastating. If it passes it's going to hit them right out of the blue. You know that if it does pass it will be top news. Our press is a disgrace

Jay

[ikojo]

24. I was interviewed about this on the 10:00 news last night

Of course now I fear going back to work....not because I said anything against my employer (I did not) but because I spoke up in favor of being paid overtime.

[liberalnurse]

26. I've been sharing it with nurses at work

and of course my Ohio Nursing Association. The ONA has done fair with getting the word out...but to no success with our 2 repuke Senators...

Most here were oblivious to the issue before it went to the House. I was the main mouth piece but few believed it would ever get this far.....

[ikojo]

31. I can guarantee that I am personally responsible for thousands

knowing about this one issue. I have posted it on several of the listserves to which I subscribe. I have mentioned it to many of my co-workers and friends, many of whom forwarded the info to their e mail lists.

If we fail it will not be due to a lack of effort on my part. I will be mad though because I don't think people believed it was really happening.

The one positive thing is that there was a harsh editorial against Bush's proposal in yesterday's Post Dispatch so now more St Louisans know about it.

Union people who think it will not affect them because they are under contract are mistaken. The next time it comes to negotiating a contract overtime pay will be part of it.

[ShaneGR]

20. I've heard several R's vote yes so far

Including Alron Specter

[Rose Siding]

22. It is a Hatefully Neanderthal REPUB admin

that's responsible for them having to waste a MINUTE dealing with this assault on We The People.

It's not like there aren't some REAL issues the repubs should face that need some work.

THIS is repub govt waste.

[RichV]

27. 54-45

WOOT!

[ShaneGR]

28. Praise JESUS

Yeehaw!! I bet the Repug leadership is pissed. They lost a bunch of votes.

[liberalnurse]

32. Now it goes to *bush...

He plans to veto it.....So be it....It will show folks what a monster he really is.....

[liberalnurse]

29. WE WON!!!!!!

:bounce: :bounce: 54 yes votes!

[hedda_foil]

30. God bless Senator Harkin!

This was an incredibly tight one. Yesterday it looked like the Repuke leadership had blocked it and they wouldn't even have the chance to vote on it.

[liberalnurse]

33. Gee, I feel like I just had sex....

Anyone got a cigarette?

[Bozita]

35. I need a Xanax --- wanna borrow one from Pickles.

I know she's got a bunch of 'em.

[papau]

34. Our Senate "win" was the GOP plan - they then win the conference vote

We will see if they can carry it off against union pressure - but last night the Dem win for the overtime vote today was a given in the GOP emails - but they seem certain they will prevail at conference and that the Senate will approve the Conference voted bill.

They have been wrong before (the folks emailing) and I hope they are wrong again.

[RichV]

36. So...

This passed by one vote in the House and failed in the Senate, and they still think they can justify inserting it in the final legislation in cmte *and* then pass it? That's gonna be a tough sell.

[ikojo]

37. The pugs won by a three vote margin in the house

213-210. Seven Dems, including Gephardt, failed to show up to support working people.

[RichV]

39. Three, one... whichever

Assuming those folks show up next time and five Senators don't change their minds b/w now and then, putting this back in the legislation would be counterproductive. Then all those folks would be on record TWICE for voting against overtime pay. Guarantee that will be used in campaign ads this cycle.

[ShaneGR]

40. There will be another vote on it now

Since the Senate passed the ammendment there will now be a call for a revote in the House.

[liberalnurse]

41. Shit...I can't take all this tension....

.

[liberalnurse]

38. What is a Conference vote bill?

you mean it ain't over?

[Skittles]

42. Liberal nurse, with these thieving bastards it is NEVER OVER

we have to KEEP FIGHTING. Look at the ANWR issue. It just keeps popping back up.

[ikojo]

43. As difficult as it sounds and maybe to do...

I would suggest that those folks, who live in states where the pug Senator voted to support working people, send a thank you note or thank you e mail.

These senators are vulnerable to losing committee positions. Look they were courageous and stood up to the Bush juggernaut and said NO we are supporting the working men and women of America.

Bushco, Inc will do all in their power to reign in what they must view as renegade Republicans. We need to show them they are not alone.