[Belle22]

“Six Republican senators, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, both of Maine, Orrin Hatch of Utah, Richard Lugar of Indiana, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and George Voinovich of Ohio, voted for the measure today. Two Democrats, Senators Robert Byrd of West Virginia and Max Baucus of Montana, voted against it.”

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/senate-passes-dc-voting-rights-bill-61-37/

[buccaneer81]

Good for Byrd! He did it purely on constitutional grounds; he’s a big stickler for that.

[americanophile]

Hatch has lost his mind.

[EGPWS]

"Six Republican senators, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, both of Maine, Orrin Hatch of Utah, Richard Lugar of Indiana, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and George Voinovich of Ohio, voted for the measure today".

Think conservative NOT Republican.

CONSTITUTION