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Senate vote on stripping provisions from health bill
Votes Thursday as the Senate, on a 32-33 vote, rejected a measure to remove key administrative provisions from a health care bill. Voting yes were 20 Democrats and 12 Republicans. Voting no were 25 Democrats and 8 Republicans.
DEMOCRATS VOTING YES
Anderson (St. Paul); Bakk (Cook); Carlson (Eagan); Doll (Burnsville); Erickson Ropes (Winona); Foley (Coon Rapids); Kubly (Granite Falls); Langseth (Glyndon); Marty (Roseville); Murphy (Red Wing); Olseen (Harris); Olson, M. (Bemidji); Pappas (St. Paul); Prettner Solon (Duluth); Rummel (White Bear Lake); Skogen (Hewitt); Sparks (Austin); Torres Ray (Minneapolis); Vickerman (Tracy); Wiger (North St. Paul)
DEMOCRATS VOTING NO
Berglin (Minneapolis); Betzold (Fridley); Bonoff (Minnetonka); Chaudhary (Fridley); Clark (St. Cloud); Cohen (St. Paul); Dahle (Northfield); Dibble (Minneapolis); Higgins (Minneapolis); Larson (Bloomington); Latz (St. Louis Park); Lourey (Kerrick); Lynch (Rochester); Metzen (South St. Paul); Moua (St. Paul); Pogemiller (Minneapolis); Rest (New Hope); Saltzman (Woodbury); Saxhaug (Grand Rapids); Scheid (Brooklyn Park); Sheran (Mankato); Sieben (Newport); Skoe (Clearbrook); Stumpf (Plummer); Tomassoni (Chisholm)
REPUBLICANS VOTING YES
Fischbach (Paynesville); Gerlach (Apple Valley); Gimse (Willmar); Hann (Eden Prairie); Ingebrigtsen (Alexandria); Jungbauer (East Bethel); Koch (Buffalo); Michel (Edina); Ortman (Chanhassen); Robling (Jordan); Vandeveer (Forest Lake); Wergin (Princeton)
REPUBLICANS VOTING NO
Day (Owatonna); Dille (Dassel); Frederickson (New Ulm); Koering (Fort Ripley); Olson, G. (Minnetrista); Pariseau (Farmington); Rosen (Fairmont); Senjem (Rochester)
REPUBLICANS NOT VOTING
Johnson (Ham Lake); Limmer (Maple Grove)
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