Full Run Down of Johanns Amendment Vote to Defund ACORN in HUD Budget

Last night, I blogged about the breaking story in the US Senate as word spread on Twitter of the Johanns Amendment being passed 83-7. One thing that slipped my mind at the time was that 9 Senators, for whatever reason, did not vote. I'll be checking with each of their offices today to get a reason for their non-vote (something President Obama did quite frequently during his career).

I'll let you know what I find.

Here is the text of the Johanns Amendment:

SA 2355. Mr. JOHANNS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3288, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

After section 414, insert the following:

Sec. 4__. None of the funds made available under this Act may be directly or indirectly distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

and the details of who co-sponsored the amendment:

Sponsor: Sen Johanns, Mike [NE] (submitted 9/11/2009) (proposed 9/14/2009)

AMENDMENT PURPOSE:
Prohibiting use of funds to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

COSPONSORS(14):

Sen Enzi, Michael B. [WY] - 9/14/2009
Sen Chambliss, Saxby [GA] - 9/14/2009
Sen Bunning, Jim [KY] - 9/14/2009
Sen Kyl, Jon [AZ] - 9/14/2009
Sen Burr, Richard [NC] - 9/14/2009
Sen DeMint, Jim [SC] - 9/14/2009
Sen Bennett, Robert F. [UT] - 9/14/2009
Sen Roberts, Pat [KS] - 9/14/2009
Sen Barrasso, John [WY] - 9/14/2009
Sen Coburn, Tom [OK] - 9/14/2009
Sen Isakson, Johnny [GA] - 9/14/2009
Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] - 9/14/2009
Sen Thune, John [SD] - 9/14/2009
Sen Wicker, Roger F. [MS] - 9/14/2009

Here is the full roll call, which includes some Republican Senators who are widely regarded as RINOs, specifically John McCain and his Princess Lindsey Graham:

Not Voting:

Burr (R-NC) Byrd (D-WV) Coburn (R-OK)	Graham (R-SC) Gregg (R-NH) Hutchison (R-TX)	McCain (R-AZ) Mikulski (D-MD) Vitter (R-LA)

Roll Call # 275 [link to Roll Call]

YEAs ---83
Akaka (D-HI) Alexander (R-TN) Barrasso (R-WY) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Bennett (R-UT) Bingaman (D-NM) Bond (R-MO) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Chambliss (R-GA) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Ensign (R-NV)	Enzi (R-WY) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) Grassley (R-IA) Hagan (D-NC) Harkin (D-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Inhofe (R-OK) Inouye (D-HI) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Johnson (D-SD) Kaufman (D-DE) Kerry (D-MA) Klobuchar (D-MN) Kohl (D-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) LeMieux (R-FL) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (ID-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) Lugar (R-IN) McCaskill (D-MO) McConnell (R-KY) Menendez (D-NJ)	Merkley (D-OR) Murkowski (R-AK) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Rockefeller (D-WV) Schumer (D-NY) Sessions (R-AL) Shaheen (D-NH) Shelby (R-AL) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (D-PA) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (D-VA) Webb (D-VA) Wicker (R-MS) Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---7
Burris (D-IL) Casey (D-PA) Durbin (D-IL)	Gillibrand (D-NY) Leahy (D-VT) Sanders (I-VT)	Whitehouse (D-RI)

Not Voting - 9
Burr (R-NC) Byrd (D-WV) Coburn (R-OK)	Graham (R-SC) Gregg (R-NH) Hutchison (R-TX)	McCain (R-AZ) Mikulski (D-MD) Vitter (R-LA)

Another interesting amendment put forth by Senator Johanns is as follows:

SA 2356. Mr. JOHANNS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3288, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

After section 414, insert the following:

Sec. 4__. None of the funds made available under this Act shall be distributed to--

(1) an organization which has a pending indictment for or has been convicted of a violation under Federal or State law relating to fraudulent voting in any Federal or State election; or

(2) an organization which employs an individual who has a pending indictment for or has been convicted of a violation under Federal or State law relating to fraudulent voting in any Federal or State election.