Senate Votes to Fund Sanctuary Cities
The Senate voted, 61-38, to table an amendment offered by Sen. David Vitter that would prevent the FY2010 Commerce, Justice and Science spending bill from funding sanctuary cities. The vote went along party lines except for three Republicans who voted with the Democrats to table the amendment - Snowe (ME), Murkowski (AK) and Voinovich (OH). One Democrat voted against the motion - Landrieu (LA).