REPUBLICAN SENATORS SHUT IT DOWN: AUTO BAILOUT DEAD UNTIL NEXT YEAR

The Auto Bailout dies in the Senate, thanks to conservatives.  The cloture motion which killed the UAW Auto Bailout in the Senate Failed with Final Vote 52-35:  FAILURE, the Democrats could not muster the required 60.

 Senate Democrats and the White House failed to find 60 votes to end debate on a $14 billion auto bailout bill and bring it to a vote Thursday night, killing the measure for the year.

Conservatives SHUT IT DOWN, Michelle Malkin gives an hour by hour synopsis.  READ HERE

The SHUT IT DOWN came at 11:05 pm Eastern:

11:05pm Eastern. Bond switches to Aye?!!!!

Reid votes no for procedural reasons.

Final tally: 52-35.

FAIL!

Reid says the issue won’t be taken up again until next session.

Can we kill it? Yes, conservatives did.

Thank you, GOP mavericks, for leading the way.  I was disappointed to learn that Senator Brownback of Kansas and Senator Bond of Missouri voted pro-bailout.  Here are the 10 pro bailout Republicans:

Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Collins (R-ME)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Lugar (R-IN)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

Here is the link to the Senate roll call on the vote, click here,  No Auto Bailout for Christmas 2008, and it has been reported by WSJ that GM has retained a Bankruptcy firm.  Thank you Senate Republicans on holding fast, standing strong and SHUTTING IT DOWN.

-LEX REX