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Without the help of Ben Nelson, Democrats were able to break the GOP filibuster on the jobs bill with the help of Kit Bond, George Voinovich, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe and Scott Brown.

The final vote was 62-30, with Frank Lautenberg missing the vote because of his chemo.

As Aravosis points out, Conservatives are on fire going after Brown. It appears the honeymoon is officially over:

it wasn't just the people of MA who put you where you are. Next time you vote like that I expect to be kissed first!

Well, I guess we worked our tails off to get another RINO elected. I'm so disappointed in Scott Brown

Hey, Massachusetts! How do you like Scott Specter?

You dont understand - We Americans Had Drawn A Line In The Sand With @scottbrownma - Its All Gone Now. #traitor

Michael Savage totally called it... @SCOTTBROWNMA sucks!

Read more of the angry tweets at AmericaBLOG.

Adding…. This bill is mostly nothing but tax breaks for small business. Again we see a large number of Republicans voting against reducing taxes. What platform do they have now besides being the party of no?

This is the kind of news that should be plastered on every network tonight:

The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to confirm Martha N. Johnson as head of the General Services Administration, nearly 10 months after she was first nominated to head the federal agency.

Upon assuming office, Johnson "will become the first permanent Administrator of the General Services Administration in nearly two years."

Earlier in 2009, Johnson was unanimously approved by members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. But a single senator, Republican Kit Bond from Missouri, has used his symbolic 'privilege' to hold up consideration of Johnson's nomination since last summer. The delay was meant to pressure GSA administrators to approve a $175 million federal building project in Kansas City.

A nomination held up for 10 months because a damn Republican wanted his pork. Why isn’t the tea baggers or Republicans calling out this crap? Because they are damn hypocrites – every single one of them.

Kit Bond announced this week that he would not be running for re-election in 2010, but now there are hints that George Voinovich may also be following suit:

U.S. Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio is leaving open the possibility of not running for re-election in 2010.

Voinovich, 72, is thinking about the challenging economic situation in Ohio, the direction of the country, and the best interests of his family, said spokesman Chris Paulitz.

The senator would let the people of Ohio know quickly if he decides not to seek a third term, Paulitz said.

The Columbus Dispatch, citing sources, reported Friday that Voinovich had shuffled his fundraising team and told his staff he might not run again.

Considering the Democratic trends in Ohio over the past couple of cycles, this could become a good pickup for Democrats in 2010. Incidentally 2010 was supposed to be a defensive year for Democrats, but the way Republicans are quitting, it is becoming much more offensive.

On a rather slow and quiet Tuesday about a month ago a hell broke loose on
Capital Hill when Harry Reid shut down Senate to demand answers on the stalling
of the next phase of the pre-war intelligence report. It lead to outbursts
before the cameras and a new political fight. It also resulted in a committee
being set up to find out why the Intelligence Committee hadn't done their job.
Sen. Roberts said after Congress was reopen that the following week he had
scheduled for nothing but meetings on phase two. Now that is appearing to be a
lie according to

Raw Story:

Phase II, the follow-up to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s
investigation into pre-war intelligence on Iraq, is still facing opposition
from administration officials and has seen little action from the
committee’s chairman, Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), RAW STORY has learned.

Following a surprising move early last month by Senate Minority Leader
Harry Reid (D -NV), in which he shut down the Senate in an effort to force
discussion on the inquiry, the Senate leadership established a six member
bipartisan task force and set a Nov. 15 deadline for a progress report.

The six task force members selected were Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-WV),
Carl Levin (D-MI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Pat Roberts (R–KS), Trent Lott
(R–MS) and Kit Bond (R-MO).

A week later, on Nov. 8, the Senate Intelligence Committee staff briefed
task force members on the investigative work done thus far.