A vote in the Senate today to end cloture and begin debate on the Defense Authorization Bill failed today. There were 57 yay votes, 40 nay and 2 not voting. Susan Collins was the only Republican to vote yay. Supposed repeal supporters Scott Brown and Lisa Murkowski voted nay, as did newly-seated WV Democrat Joe Manchin, who was the sole member of his party to so vote. Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins have announced that they will introduce a free-standing DA/DT repeal bill. That would have to pass both houses.
