After scrambling to address the concerns raised in an opinion [1] from Ken Cuccinelli over the Medicaid agreement, things settled down in the Senate and the nabobs members passed the transportation bill 25-15. If you squint just right, you can make the vote out in the picture below (click to enlarge):
Here’s how they voted. Hope you can read it. twitter.com/scontorno/stat… [2]
— Steve Contorno (@scontorno) February 23, 2013 [3]
The tax-fattened bill now goes to the Governor for his signature.
If you can’t make it out, the “no” votes were:
Black, Ebbin, Garrett, Hanger, Marsh, Martin, McDougle, Newman, Obenshain, Petersen, Reeves, Smith, Stanley, Stuart, Vogel
Update
Here’s the tally in a much better form:
YEAS – 25 NAYS – 15 RULE 36 – 0 NOT VOTED – 0
YEAS – 25: Alexander, Barker, Blevins, Carrico, Colgan, Deeds, Edwards, Favola, Herring, Howell, Locke, Lucas, Marsden, McEachin, McWaters, Miller, Norment, Northam, Puckett, Puller, Ruff, Saslaw, Stosch, Wagner, Watkins
NAYS – 15: Black, Ebbin, Garrett, Hanger, Marsh, Martin, McDougle, Newman, Obenshain, Petersen, Reeves, Smith, Stanley, Stuart, Vogel
RULE 36 – 0
NOT VOTED – 0