The Senate version of the Financial Markets Bill has passed 74-25 tonight, giving the bill a strong majority of support from the Senate. Now the bill will go to the House, where passage is not guaranteed.
Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Chuck Schumer both voted in favor of the bill. Also, Sen. Barack Obama , Sen. Joe Biden and Sen. John McCain all voted in favor.
Sen. Ted Kennedy was the only who wasn’t present to vote. The 25 senators who voted against are as follows:
Allard, Barrasso, Brownback, Bunning, Cantwell, Cochran, Crapo, DeMint, Dole, Dorgan, Enzi, Feingold, Inhofe, Johnson, Landrieu, Nelson (FL), Roberts, Sanders, Sessions, Shelby, Stabenow, Tester, Vitter, Wicker and Wyden
That breaks down to 15 Republicans, nine Democrats and the lone Independent, Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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