Brown Among Five GOP Senators To Push Jobs Bill To Final Vote, Ben Nelson Votes "No"

Along with the Maine duo of Collins & Snowe, Ohio's Voinovich, and one Kit Bond, Scott Brown has voted on cloture for Harry Reid's job bills to move it to a final vote. Those five Republicans offset Ben Nelson, who decided to be bipartisan the other way as usual by voting with the rest of Republicans against bringing it to the floor.

The final cloture vote was 62-30, and we shall see if this will be the final result overall.

David Dayen has some good tidbits on how some Republicans once again voted against a bill where some of their suggestions/provisions were actually placed in the bill.

Some fun facts while we wait for the final tally: Orrin Hatch co-authored the centerpiece of this micro-bill, the job creation tax credit. He voted against bringing it to the floor. Chuck Grassley co-authored all the pieces in the bill and has expressed in particular support for the provision allowing small businesses to write off capital expenditures. He voted against cloture. Roger Wicker (R-MS) co-sponsored the Build America Bonds Act that this legislation extends. He voted no. John Thune and David Vitter also co-sponsored that in the past. No and no. Sens. Alexander, Crapo, Barrasso, Inhofe, Bond and Vitter all supported extending the Highway Trust Fund, the fourth element of the bill, in committee. They all voted no.

And yet, we here Reid and Barbara Boxer say this a "great day for bipartisanship."

The humor goes on and on and on.