Seven senators did not vote, including presidential candidates Joe Biden (D-DE), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Chris Dodd (D-CT), John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL).
Christopher Dodd (D-CT) calls for hearings on the Federal Reserve's role in saving investment firm Bear Stearns.
Chris Dodd (D-CT), a candidate for president, is calling for prohibiting increasing troop levels in Iraq without congressional approval.
The rescue package has to pass through the Senate Banking Committee, and its chairman, Christopher Dodd (D-CT), is at the center of the debate.
Reached by Forbes on Wednesday night, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), one of the seven at the Cairo meeting, declined to disclose what Morsi said.
The Climate Security Act (S. 2191) began debate in the Senate on June 3rd, 2008, and is sponsored by Senators Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and John Warner (R-VA), respectively.
Rep. John Larson (D-CT), for instance, would reduce payroll taxes.
In so doing, they are leaping into the sorry breach created by Rep. Sam Gejdenson (D-CT), chairman of the International Economic Policy and Trade Subcommittee, and his committee colleagues.
Those championing the effort on the floor of the Senate are Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) , Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Mike Lee (R-UT) who introduced the Wireless Consumer Choice Act this afternoon.
Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) doubted the wisdom of that approach.
"Obviously, for millions of people on Main Street who wonder whether or not the Congress is paying attention to their concerns, what's happened to their homes, to their economic well-being, this effort that we've put into the last several days, I think, is a major step in the right direction of offering some real hope to people on Main Street, " said Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT).
Lindsey Graham (R-SC) will be introducing later this month with John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT).
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