May 01, 2005

Any Meaning in Lieberman's Budget Vote?

I just looked at the US Senate's vote on the 2006 budget. The vote bascially exhibited a partisan breakdown with the Republicans passing it on a vote of 52-47. The Republican senators from Ohio and Rhode Island, plus the Independent senator from Vermont joined all the Democrats (but one) in voting against it, while 52 Republican senators voted in favor of it. The one Democrat who didn't vote against it was Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. He didn't vote at all. Does anyone know why? Could this have anything to do with the fact that his name has been floated as a possible successor to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld?

As to whether or not that latter possibility is a real one, it may be of note that Lieberman recently backed Sen. Warner's attempt to force the US Navy not to retire the USS John F. Kennedy (the Pentagon wants to retire it). Something for people interested in that issue, and for people who are interested in who controls the Defense budget, to keep in mind.

Posted by armand at May 1, 2005 04:07 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics


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