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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1286029" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>Even after Harry Reid changed the Senate’s filibuster rules, they still couldn’t muster the simple majority needed to confirm him.</p><p></p><p>Via Roll Call:</p><p></p><p>Seven Senate Democrats joined Republicans to block President Barack Obama’s pick of Debo P. Adegbile to lead the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division amid a controversy over his legal defense of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.</p><p></p><p>Adegbile’s nomination needed a simple majority to cut off debate but the chamber voted 47-52 against him.</p><p></p><p>Democrats Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Chris Coons of Delaware, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and John Walsh of Montana all voted no. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., also voted no in order to preserve his right to reconsider the vote. If Adegbile had mustered just two more votes plus Reid, Vice President Joseph Biden was on hand to cast a possible tie-breaking vote.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1286029, member: 1246"] Even after Harry Reid changed the Senate’s filibuster rules, they still couldn’t muster the simple majority needed to confirm him. Via Roll Call: Seven Senate Democrats joined Republicans to block President Barack Obama’s pick of Debo P. Adegbile to lead the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division amid a controversy over his legal defense of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. Adegbile’s nomination needed a simple majority to cut off debate but the chamber voted 47-52 against him. Democrats Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Chris Coons of Delaware, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and John Walsh of Montana all voted no. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., also voted no in order to preserve his right to reconsider the vote. If Adegbile had mustered just two more votes plus Reid, Vice President Joseph Biden was on hand to cast a possible tie-breaking vote. [/QUOTE]
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