START vote RATIFICATION

[struggle4progress]

http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Reaganliscious.

[Renew Deal]

8. lol

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

14. Yup.

[gateley]

2. Thanks! nt

[gateley]

3. Where is everybody? I'm not hearing any "yeas" or "nays" - are you? nt

[struggle4progress]

4. Depends on which mikes cspan pipes, I think

I heard the first few votes

[MiniMe]

5. You don't hear it the first time through

Then they read the vote, and who voted for and against it, then Senators come and vote separately if they didn't already vote.

[gateley]

13. Thanks - I didn't know that. nt

[JackBeck]

6. 47 Ayes by my count. n/t

[JackBeck]

7. 53.

[NYC Liberal]

9. 55-18 nt

[NYC Liberal]

10. 57-24 nt

[struggle4progress]

11. Ratified

[S_E_Fudd]

12. Think I saw Hillary milling about down there...nt

[Tx4obama]

15. Final results: 71-26

From the AP:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate has ratified a new arms control treaty with Russia in a major foreign policy win for President Barack Obama.

The vote was 71-26, more than the two-thirds of those present and voting required for approval.

The treaty would cap nuclear warheads for both countries and resume onsite inspections that expired a year ago.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_RUSSIA_NUCLEAR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-12-22-15-02-34

[FailureToCommunicate]

16. Russia may be disappointed they can't now blame inaction on the US