The Senate only garnered 56 votes to invoke cloture and have a vote on the non-binding resolution that opposes the escalation of the war in Iraq. Tim Johnson (D-SD) was unable to vote due to illness (nine others didn’t vote because they are cowards) and Joe Liberman (I-CT) crossed the aisle to vote with the Republicans. Sens. John Warner (R-VA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Arlen Specter (R-PA), and Chuck Hagel (R-NE) voted with the Democrats.
The end result was a 56-34 vote that fell four votes short of cloture.
