As of this evening, the numbers are against the bill.
He voted against the bill on its final reading in May 2000.
He was among the 17 who voted against the bill.
The six members who did not vote have, in the past, voted against the bill.
In fact, he voted against the bill on May 23, 2001.
The other seven Democrats on the committee voted against the bill.
But 82 Republicans broke with their party to vote against the bill.
A week later, he and 132 other Republicans voted against the bill.
They voted against the bill, and it died in the Senate.
Only 11 Democrats voted against the bill, and none of them came from those states.
