Bernanke whip count update: 50 Yes, 3 Lean yes, 22 No, 25 undecided

by: Chris Bowers

Wed Jan 27, 2010 at 16:35

Word is that the Senate will vote on Bernanke tomorrow. So, here are the updates to the whip count campaign Open Left is doing in conjunction with Campaign for America's future:

Bernanke Whip Count
60 "yes" votes needed for confirmation
Yes: 50
Lean Yes: 3
No: 22
Undecided: 25

Positive changes:

Moved from "undecided" to "no": Ensign (R-NV), Grassley (R-IA); Harkin (D-IA)
Moved from "yes" to "no": Whitehouse (D-RI)
Moved from "lean yes" to "undecided: Begich (D-AK)

Negative changes:

Moved from "undecided" to "yes": Brown (D-OH), Cardin (D-MD), Casey (D-PA), Cochran (R-MS), Klobuchar (D-MN), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Leahy (D-NJ), McCaskill (D-MO), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Pryor (D-AR), Rockefeller (D-WV); Tom Udall (D-CO)
Moved from "undecided" to "lean yes": Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)

The odds are long, but there is still time to win this. In the extended entry, you will find a complete list of Senators sorted by state, along with their current position on Bernanke and phone numbers for their D.C. office. Check out the extended entry, and make a phone call or two--we need to round up as many no votes as possible!

Chris Bowers :: Bernanke whip count update: 50 Yes, 3 Lean yes, 22 No, 25 undecided

Bernanke Whip Count
60 "yes" votes needed for confirmation
Yes: 48
Lean Yes: 3
No: 22
Undecided: 27

STATE / SENATOR (Party) Confirm Bernanke? Office Phone Number

AK - Begich (D) Undecided (202) 224-3004

AK - Murkowski (R) Lean Yes (202) 224-6665

AL - Sessions (R) No (202) 224-4124

AL - Shelby (R) No (202) 224-5744

AR - Lincoln (D) Unknown (202) 224-4843

AR - Pryor (D) Yes (202) 224-2353

AZ - Kyl (R) No (202) 224-4521

AZ - McCain (R) No (202) 224-2235

CA - Boxer (D) No (202) 224-3553

CA - Feinstein (D) Yes (202) 224-3841

CO - Bennet (D) Yes (202) 224-5852

CO - Udall (D) Yes (202) 224-5941

CT - Dodd (D) Yes (202) 224-2823

CT - Lieberman (I) Yes (202) 224-4041

DE - Carper (D) Yes (202) 224-2441

DE - Kaufman (D) Unknown (202) 224-5042

FL - LeMieux (R) Unknown (202) 224-3041

FL - Bill Nelson (D) Yes (202) 224-5274

GA - Chambliss (R) Unknown (202) 224-3521

GA - Isakson (R) Unknown (202) 224-3643

HI - Akaka (D) Yes (202) 224-6361

HI - Inouye (D) Yes (202) 224-3934

IA - Grassley (R) No (202) 224-3744

IA - Harkin (D) No (202) 224-3254

ID - Crapo (R) No (202) 224-6142

ID - Risch (R) Unknown (202) 224-2752

IL - Burris (D) Unknown (202) 224-2854

IL - Durbin (D) Yes (202) 224-2152

IN - Bayh (D) Yes (202) 224-5623

IN - Lugar (R) Yes (202) 224-4814

KS - Brownback (R) No (202) 224-6521

KS - Roberts (R) Unknown (202) 224-4774

KY - Bunning (R) No (202) 224-4343

KY - McConnell (R) Undecided (202) 224-2541

LA - Landrieu (D) Yes (202) 224-5824

LA - Vitter (R) No (202) 224-4623

MA - Kerry (D) Yes (202) 224-2742

MA - Kirk (D) Yes (202) 224-4543

MD - Cardin (D) Yes (202) 224-4524

MD - Mikulski (D) Lean Yes (202) 224-4654

ME - Collins (R) Yes (202) 224-2523

ME - Snowe (R) Yes (202) 224-5344

MI - Levin (D) Unknown (202) 224-6221

MI - Stabenow (D) Lean Yes (202) 224-4822

MN - Franken (D) Unknown (202) 224-5641

MN - Klobuchar (D) Yes (202) 224-3244

MO - Bond (R) Unknown (202) 224-5721

MO - McCaskill (D) Yes (202) 224-6154

MS - Cochran (R) Yes (202) 224-5054

MS - Wicker (R) No (202) 224-6253

MT - Baucus (D) Yes (202) 224-2651

MT - Tester (D) Yes (202) 224-2644

NC - Burr (R) Yes (202) 224-3154

NC - Hagan (D) Yes (202) 224-6342

ND - Conrad (D) Yes (202) 224-6342

ND - Dorgan (D) No (202) 224-2551

NE - Johanns (R) Yes (202) 224-4224

NE - Ben Nelson (D) Yes (202) 224-6551

NH - Gregg (R) Yes (202) 224-3324

NH - Shaheen (D) Unknown (202) 224-2841

NJ - Lautenberg (D) Yes (202) 224-3224

NJ - Menendez (D) Yes (202) 224-4744

NM - Bingaman (D) Yes (202) 224-5521

NM - Udall (D) Unknown (202) 224-6621

NV - Ensign (R) No (202) 224-6244

NV - Reid (D) Yes (202) 224-3542

NY - Gillibrand (D) Unknown (202) 224-4451

NY - Schumer (D) Yes (202) 224-6542

OH - Brown (D) Yes (202) 224-2315

OH - Voinovich (R) Yes (202) 224-3353

OK - Coburn (R) Unknown (202) 224-5754

OK - Inhofe (R) No (202) 224-4721

OR - Merkley (D) No (202) 224-3753

OR - Wyden (D) Undecided (202) 224-5244

PA - Casey (D) Undecided (202) 224-6324

PA - Specter (D) Unknown (202) 224-4254

RI - Reed (D) Yes (202) 224-4642

RI - Whitehouse (D) No (202) 224-2921

SC - DeMint (R) No (202) 224-6121

SC - Graham (R) Yes (202) 224-5972

SD - Johnson (D) Yes (202) 224-5842

SD - Thune (R) Unknown (202) 224-2321

TN - Alexander (R) Yes (202) 224-4944

TN - Corker (R) Yes (202) 224-3344

TX - Cornyn (R) No (202) 224-2934

TX - Hutchinson (R) No (202) 224-5922

UT - Bennett (R) Yes (202) 224-5444

UT - Hatch (R) Yes (202) 224-5251

VA - Warner (D) Yes (202) 224-2023

VA - Webb (D) Undecided (202) 224-4024

VT - Leahy (D) Yes (202) 224-4242

VT - Sanders (I) No (202) 224-5141

WA - Cantwell (D) Undecided (202) 224-3441

WA - Murray (D) Undecided (202) 224-2621

WI - Feingold (D) No (202) 224-5323

WI - Kohl (D) Yes (202) 224-5653

WV - Byrd (D) Yes (202) 224-3954

WV - Rockefeller (D) Yes (202) 224-6472

WY - Barrasso (R) Unknown (202) 224-6441

WY - Enzi (R) Unknown (202) 224-3424
(Source for many Senators)

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Bernanke whip count update: 50 Yes, 3 Lean yes, 22 No, 25 undecided | 7 comments

don't we need an additional column for cloture? (0.00 / 0)

not that i expect anybody will be able to get a definitive answer about that from most Senate offices...

not everything worth doing is profitable. not everything profitable is worth doing.

by: tatere @ Wed Jan 27, 2010 at 21:58:19 PM UTC

Stiglitz says he'd take the job (4.00 / 2)

so Obama can't claim there is no-one else qualified.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

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by: Dameocrat @ Wed Jan 27, 2010 at 22:13:47 PM UTC

All we can do is call them (4.00 / 1)

And then try to remember in November who voted for what. I'm afraid the Pied Piper is trying to lead them down the road with promises (or threats) of what will happen in November.

"Oh. My. God. .... We're doomed." -- Paul Krugman
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by: WorkingClassDemocrat @ Wed Jan 27, 2010 at 22:51:32 PM UTC

I called both my senators just now. (4.00 / 1)

I got the impression that the person on the other end was pretty much just nodding and pretending to listen. One senatorial aide said his boss was undecided, while the other told me that her boss plans to vote yes on re-confirming Bernanke. No one seems to be listening. Could a large enough protest on Capitol Hill to get attention be organized for tomorrow, to show public dissatisfaction with what's about to happen? Someone needs to filibuster. I called Sanders' office just for good measure, and I was told that he has a hold on Bernanke's nomination and that he does plan to filibuster.

"Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the time." -- Harry S. Truman

by: Dude Where's My Health Care @ Wed Jan 27, 2010 at 23:05:01 PM UTC

Not Tom Udall (NM) Mark Udall (CO) wimped out. (0.00 / 0)

by: msobel @ Thu Jan 28, 2010 at 00:25:46 AM UTC

I wonder why ... (0.00 / 0)

Brown switched .. wasn't he a no vote before? .. and my guess is .. if they've scheduled the vote ... they have the votes .. because otherwise ... why bother yet? .. Reid gets more egg on his face .. and the market tanks(remember the original bailout vote in the House .. and how the market reacted?) .. and Reid needs all the money from the big boys .. if he has any chance of keeping his seat later this year

by: Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle @ Thu Jan 28, 2010 at 01:00:36 AM UTC

Made 6 calls this morning (4.00 / 2)

The staff persons answered very quickly, and I gave my request and reasons for the Senator to vote No on cloture, and not send Bernanke back to the Fed. Only Byrd had on his answering machine, and he's the only Yes I called. I'm in Illinois, so I called Burris first, then the two from Michigan, since I was born there. Called Cantwell, as she seems very savvy with financial matters. Then I called Franken's office since I contributed a small amount, but very early, in his campaign. The staffers were all cordial and said they would pass on my request to the senator.

by: Books Alive @ Thu Jan 28, 2010 at 04:10:32 AM UTC

Bernanke whip count update: 50 Yes, 3 Lean yes, 22 No, 25 undecided | 7 comments

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