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RE: McCain misses vote on Stimulus plan From:Susan.McCue@one.org To: ABaumann@gqrr.com, ic2008@gqrr.com, anai@gqrr.com, BFisher@gqrr.com, john.podesta@gmail.com, kfuksa@gqrr.com Date: 2008-02-06 23:48 Subject: RE: McCain misses vote on Stimulus plan I think so if possible. Looping in Ari who also flagged this. ________________________________From: Andrew Baumann [mailto:ABaumann@gqrr.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 6:50 PMTo: Andrew Baumann; ic2008; Ana Iparraguirre; Bryan Fisher; JohnPodesta; Kristi Fuksa; Paul Begala; Stan Greenberg; Susan McCue; TaraMcGuinness; Tom MatzzieSubject: RE: McCain misses vote on Stimulus plan Also, Supporters had 59 votes for it, but Reid switch his vote so he couldbring this back up again.that means McCain would have been the deciding vote. I think we can hithim on this hard. Should we add to survey? ________________________________From: Andrew Baumann Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 6:46 PMTo: ic2008; Ana Iparraguirre; Bryan Fisher; John Podesta; Kristi Fuksa;Paul Begala; Stan Greenberg; Susan McCue; Tara McGuinness; Tom MatzzieSubject: McCain misses vote on Stimulus plan Senate GOP beat back the Dem plan to add $40 B to the stimulus in theform of checks for seniors and disabled vets along with extension ofunemployment benefits. We'll have to see what his spokespeople sayabout his position on the bill, but worth keeping an eye on.... "The 58-41 vote fell just short of the 60 required to break a GOPfilibuster and bring the Senate version of the stimulus bill closer to afinal vote. The Senate measure was backed by Democrats and a handful ofRepublicans but was strongly opposed by GOP leaders and President Bush,who objected to the costly add-ons. The vote left the $205 billionSenate stimulus bill in limbo and capped days of partisan infighting andprocedural jockeying over the measure. Democratic presidentialcandidates Hillary Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois flewto Washington for the vote. GOP front-runner John McCain of Arizona didnot vote." Andrew BaumannAnalysthttps://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/36657